Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

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.

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'm not terribly fond of soapboxes.

Dreams are the inner perceptions and realizations that require goal oriented actions and persistence.

You are to me like white islands, in a world of vast darkness.

There are always periodic opportunities to give up, while every single moment is an opportunity to persevere.

We can easily forgive want of means; but littleness, with means, is disgusting.

The sarin gas is a very primitive gas. You can have it done in the backyard of a house ; it's a very primitive gas. So, it's not something complicated.

I received the best advice for running I ever heard: 'You're not going to win, so just relax. If it feels like work, you're running too hard.

when theres a will theres a way

When I first started out, I was really attracted to having my own sense of style because I started swing dancing, lindy hop, and jitterbug.

In the end we're all Jerry Springer Show guests, really, we just haven't been on the show.

Nobody dreams of music in hell, and nobody conceives of heaven without it.