Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks

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.

Love one another, but make not a bond of love:Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

The public has lost faith in the ability of Social Security and Medicare to provide for old age. They've lost faith in the banking system and in conventional medical insurance.

The soul of our politics is the commitment to ending domination.

Conversation in real life is full of half-finished sentences and overlapping talk. Why shouldn't painting be too?

This unrequited love, to me it's nothing but a one-man cult/And cyanide in my styrofoam cup

Surround yourself with what you love.

There's folks as make bad butter and trusten to the salt t' hide it.

My ahimsa would not tolerate the idea of giving a free meal to a healthy person who has not worked for it in some honest way.

And where are you going to get these angels who are going to run society for us?

It is Japan's mission to be supreme in Asia, the South Seas and eventually the four corners of the world.