I was taught that I had to 'master' subjects. But who can 'master' beauty, or peace, or joy?

But I couldn't help myself, couldn't help the way I felt as I recalled the bliss and rush of a vampire's bite.

I never assume anything. I anticipate the possibilities and allow my imagination to create the future.

We all have anxiety about things. We all have little insecurities, but eventually you have to face your fears if you want to be successful, and everybody has some fear of failure.

But herein lies the rub: Christianity has been on a long-term trend of decline in every Western cultural context that we can identify.

I don't actually go to that many concerts.

I read the three Hunger Games books in a week and because I liked them so much I wrote Just a Game.

I want to print books by people in the film industry.

A free man must not be told how to think, either by the government or by social activists. He may certainly be shown the right way, but he must not accept being forced into it.

But optics sharp it needs, I ween, To see what is not to be seen.

In writing a series of stories about the same characters, plan the whole series in advance in some detail, to avoid contradictions and inconsistencies.