Knowledge is a rope, and you're weaving a noose out of it. Leave some slack for the enemy.

Nothing is as deadly as the love of a powerful man.

The Lord teaches forgiveness, but some things are unforgivable.

Men who thought of themselves as gods fell the farthest, and the hardest.

Sometimes evil didn't need an excuse. Sometimes evil just was.

You can lie in any language on earth, and body language is no exception.

What was it about us, as humans, that drove us to make apologies for beautiful things?

All lines are gray in the dark.

Knives and candlelight, ” he said, “how romantic.

[But] I have come across anything so painfully beautiful as that kiss. I wish it was something I could save and share with the world so I could tell the universe: this is what it's like

Readers of fiction read, I think, for a deeper embrace of the world, of reality. And that's brave. I never get over being thankful for that - for the courage of my readers.

Where's the great pay? Where's the travel? Where's the Winnebago, Goddamnit!

Only those who see their dream are able to seize their dream.

And I had always liked vampire stories because they are great material that can be refashioned in lots of ways.

The thing I love about acting is getting to change and look at different people in different lives and do different projects.

In a society that functions optimally, those who can should naturally want to provide for those who can't. That's how it's designed to work. I truly believe we're here to take care of one another.

I can write three novels in the time it takes to write one novella. I'm probably not going to go with that form again.

Wherever the truth is injured, defend it.

Let it not be said that I was silent when they needed me.