Surely being in love doesn't cause you to lose your sense of good taste. If I ever buy a gown with sequins on it, someone just shoot me.

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.

If you distance yourself from reality and just cling to cliches about democracy find yourself a different job than analyzing politics

Where men can't live gods fare no better.

Let no one be deluded that a knowledge of the path can substitute for putting one foot in front of the other.

I can't change history, I don't want to change history. I can only change the future. I'm working on that.

Everybody's got their troubles.

I feel great, very healthy and alive and really happy that I can remember yesterday and I can remember the day before.

When I began making my own albums, the songs became funkier. They were more about the streets.

Science could predict that the universe must have had a beginning.

Together with the Bible, the Book of Mormon is an indispensable witness of the doctrines of Christ and His divinity.

At Christmas, I no more desire a rose.