I've actually seen a ghost, so I know they're really around.

I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.

For me, a good friend is someone you might only see once or twice a year but each time it feels as though you've just seen them last week.

Drip, drip, the rain comes falling, Rain in the woods, rain on the sea; Even the little waves, beaten, come crawling As if to find shelter here with me.

To be haunted is to glimpse a truth that might best be hidden.

Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians.

I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.

I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were market traders and worked seven days a week.

I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

I'm very cagey about making friends, and I rarely do.

I'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.

Help your child see others' emotions as well as experiencing his or her own without imposing your judgment.

The toddler craves independence, but he fears desertion.

The heartbrokenness of the sinner is better than the forcefulness of the obedient

God dwells in eternity but time dwells in God. He has already lived all our tomorrows as He has lived all our yesterdays.

I belong to the Kingdom of God, that's my Country! I'm from Space City, that's my City! I'm from the City that hath foundations, whose Builder and Maker is God!

In all perception of the truth there is a divine ecstasy, an inexpressible delirium of joy, as when a youth embraces his betrothed virgin.

If woman lost us Eden, such As she alone restore it.

Write good content about stuff that you love. Readers will find you.

Is there anything in life so disenchanting as achievement?

I'm a slave to the beats of the story, not to the words we use to tell the story.