In chains and darkness, wherefore should I stay, And mourn in prison, while I keep the key.

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice

I am not a morning person.

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail

The best lies are always at least partially true.

Leave the hush to those who love like apes because together, you and I make vulgar sounds like a fervent sojourn in paradise.

At some point, you're no longer growing up, you're aging. But no one can pinpoint that moment exactly.

Nature is a burning and frigid, transparent and limited universe in which nothing is possible but everything is given.

I get my exercise acting as pallbearer to my friends who exercise.

I got older - 16, 17 - I was like, "I want to do my own thing." I wasn't seeing eye to eye with my parents. It wasn't what they wanted for me.

My prayers, my God, flow from what I am not; I think thy answers make me what I am.

Great men are never cruel without necessity.

Now that I have all the things I once thought would make me happy, they have little meaning for me. Experience, and not just a little heartache, has taught me money buys convenience and conveniences.

Oh, whoever has been himself alone can never find another’s loneliness strange.