Sometimes people close a door because they’re trying to figure out a way to get you to knock.

Horror, for me, is not defined by the thing that provokes ones fear, but the human being who has contact with it.

To make the reader afraid, I had to be afraid.

Theres something in human nature that says we need to have at least one symbolic place where chaos and dark desires can live.

We need to kind of refresh our fear in order to refresh our understanding of how a safe place works.

I enjoy a special collegiality among other writers in the thriller community. They call me Canadas scariest writer, and I love that.

If the hairs on my neck stand up while Im writing, I figure the reader will get the same kind of shock.

I just hated the law. I wasnt cut out for it. I couldnt imagine spending my life doing that, so I quit before I began.

Monsters just outside our peripheral vision are scarier to contemplate than monsters miles away or in someplace only a fool would set foot in.

Psychological horror is more interesting to me than the explicitly physical.

Tell me this. What is it with men and feeling like they have to act like self-destructive superheroes whenever trouble shows up?”“It’s the only way we know how to love.

A good question is always a question that helps you and me grow, no matter what the answer might be.

How do you file a restraining order against sadness?

I want to be a mouse in a mousehole.

What I wonder is what would happen in California, say, if all the Mexicans left from one day to the next?

I am a seeker, a poor, sinful creature, there is no weaker than I.

It’s no company at all, when people know nothing and say nothing,’ she muttered.

You can grow up with literally nothing and you don’t suffer if you know you’re loved and valued.

Over and over in the Bible, it is fear that threatens to keep people from trusting and obeying God.

I don't think because a story has humor in it means it's brief. For some reason, people think anything that's 30 minutes is a comedy, comedies can be longer or shorter, so can dramas.

If you want to be a rich person... don't let the poor person inside of you do your talking.