Tell that to the BTK killer,” I said. “He was a churchgoer, raised two kids, married, and resisted the urge to kill for decades. He was a person, but he was a monster, too

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.

Dear God, please help me to be the kind of person who my dogs think I am.

...he had never known fear because, against any disaster, he had held the omnipotent cure of being able to act.

As you make your bed you must lie in it.

If it's true that men are such beasts, this must account for the fact that most women are animal lovers.

English dialogues are always just what you need and nothing more - like something out of Hemingway. In Italian and in French, dialogues are always theatrical, literary. You can do more with it.

No ride is ever the last one. No horse is ever the last one you will have. Somehow there will always be other horses, other places to ride them.

Say exactly what you mean. Enough said.

By the time I returned to Czechoslovakia, I had an understanding of the principles of the market.

The interaction of the variation in our genes is what's responsible for lots of our attributes and vigor.

To hell with the rules. I'm going for the unknown.