Magic, if that was the right word, often rises and falls on your own belief in your abilities. I've seen very powerful people completely crippled by self-doubt.

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.

Humans are born to build something outrageous.

Even the biggest blaze, though, has to start somewhere, with a tiny spark, or arsonists would be out of business.

If you've got it flaunt it. If you do not pretend.

When you follow your heart instead of worrying about how to fatten your bank account, you can attract more ways to do both.

There is no thing we cannot overcome Say not thy evil instinct is inherited, Or that some trait inborn makes thy whole life forlorn, And calls down punishment that is not merited.

I wouldn't consider myself a so-called 'celebrity.' Arrrgh, for the love of God!

It's great to be young and be a Yankee!

I wanted to impress people because I was kind of a kid who was lost in the crowd - was sort of my, feeling about childhood was being part of a big family.

He nods. "My mum has one just the same and you have no idea how disturbing it is that it's turning me on.

I always wondered why babies spend so much time sucking their thumbs. Then I tasted baby food.