Love mattered, in the end. A house without love would always fall, maybe not today or tomorrow, but in the end without love nothing could endure.

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.

I, at the age of 17 or 18 as a medical student, suddenly came up against a problem: 'What am I? What is the meaning of my existence as I experience it?'

The actor becomes an emotional athlete.

He's just, your cousin, ay, abhorrently, He'd wash his hands in blood, to keep them clean.

He who does most to cure woman of her weakness, her frivolity, and her servility will likewise at the same stroke do most to cure man of his brutality, his selfishness and his sensuality.

Without imagination, nothing is dangerous.

I wasn't making it with the violin because I was playing all of the 'long hair' stuff.

I just want to do something big if I do anything at all.

It's no good to lose touch with people who mean a lot.

If you look in the eyes of the young, you see flame. If you look in the eyes of the old, you see light.

We reverence God and we hallow God's name when our life is such that it brings honor to God and attracts others to Him.