Most women complain that there are no single, straight men left. I’d just like to meet one who’s human.

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.

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.

A set of excellent questions themselves is perhaps like a poem, both philosophical and intellectual.

I don't know about you, the world is here to be mythologized. It has, therefore, no other end. Transforming into myth, to be a myth! That's what we call eternity.

The wheels of [God’s] mercy and justice move quietly and silently, but they do move.

I think violence against women in America has become ordinary - it's been made absolutely acceptable.

I am delighted by the support I have received from colleagues. It reflects the optimistic message that I've been putting forward.

Have the confidence to be your own person.

The pure culture is the foundation for all research on infectious disease.

The pendulum of economic power might well begin to shift from capital back to labor.

Whom the gods wish to destroy, they give unlimited resources.