Power makes you a monarch, and all the fancy robes in the world won't do the job without it.

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.

Anyone who limits her vision to memories of yesterday is already dead.

You couldn't have small, dying children in a movie without really bringing everyone down, but you can in comics.

We'll never be as young as we are tonight.

I used to use a lot of words in the paintings but stopped because it created a narrative - or an answer to a question.

Black men struggle with masculinity so much. The idea that we must always be strong really presses us all down - it keeps us from growing.

I don't have to be nice to people who are causing great damage to the nation.

Sometimes it's nice to have a song that can be taken more then one way, so it can be interpreted differently.

I don't really think about the audience much. I think of myself. Let me dig myself out of that one.

A man is not necessarily intelligent because he has plenty of ideas, any more than he is a good general because he has plenty of soldiers.

Throw your soldiers into positions whence there is no escape, and they will prefer death to flight. If they will face death, there is nothing they may not achieve.