Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you.

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.

Oh, this is the most TRAGICAL thing that ever happened to me!

Uncommunicated expectations are the shame of relationships.

If you can drink beer while doing it, it's not a sport

What's the word for a perfectly reasonable fear of annoying idiots?

The great doing of little things, makes the great life.

We don't get to know people when they come to us; we must go to them to find out what they are like.

I never, ever want to apologize for a film. If it's bad I'll say it's my fault. And that's what I can say so far in all the films that I've done, that if you don't like it, it's entirely my fault.

Death, like birth, is a secret of Nature.

Try not to become disappointed if someone doesn't like a story you've written. Stick up for your ideas, but listen to what other people say, too. They might have good advice.