Opposites can attract, as in magnetism. Or explode, as in matter and antimatter.

When...has a mugging case ever heard a defense attorney claim, 'Your Honor, the victim was dressed in an Armani suit and wearing a Rolex. Clearly he was begging to be assaulted.'

There are no such things as happy endings. Never. They're totally manufactured by fiction writers who choose to end the story on a high point.

We're all of us dying . . . from the moment we're born

If we can't alter the tide of events, at least we can be nearby with towels to mop up.

To the brave crew and passengers of the Kobayshi Maru…sucks to be you.

...They are merely scars, not mortal wounds and you must use them to propel you forward.

Maybe science is just magic with delusions of lack of grandeur.

As for jokes, I don't think it's necessarily that what I write is funny.

If by reaction you mean critical reaction, I was confident that we were putting out a quality book [ Treachery]. So I was reasonably sure that we'd get positive notices.

In terms of actual audience numbers, I honestly had no idea what to expect [with 'Treachery' ]. It was, after all, not a superhero title.

My life will be the best illustration of all my work.

This isn't champagne anymore. We went through the champagne a long time ago. This is serious stuff. The days of champagne are long gone.

That's the trouble with good writers. Only the bad ones make you want to do the human thing and look away.

I'm not sure anyone knows what they're looking for until they find it

There is no greater honour than to be the instrument in God's hands of leading one person out of the kingdom of Satan into the glorious light of Heaven.

My father taught me to read music and play the piano-but not well, even though people have said that I'm a natural musician

Faith is a mockery if it does not teach us that we can build a more complete and beautiful world.

Do not call yourself old. A man is as old as the creative force within him.

In the West, the spirit is separate from the body. In the East these are things that are very real and concrete.

Live among others as if God beheld you; speak to God as if others were listening.