That was the problem with loving people: it made you weak. It made you need them. It made the thought of not having them the worst thing in the world.

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.

Novels are just very, very, very long lies. That is to say, you’ve got to get your story straight!

It's not about who you used to be, it's about who you have become.

For death begins with life's first breath And life begins at touch of death.

I am not interested in power for power's sake, but I'm interested in power that is moral, that is right and that is good.

You know, back in the day, when a guy saved a Princess's life, she would reward him with a kiss.

We are all actors: being a citizen is not living in society, it is changing it.

I've finally gotten to the bottom of things.

Anger is a symptom, a way of cloaking and expressing feelings too awful to experience directly - hurt, bitterness, grief and, most of all, fear.

I try in my prints to testify that we live in a beautiful and orderly world, and not in a formless chaos, as it sometimes seems.

If we would have our citizens contented and law-abiding, we must not sow the seeds of discontent in childhood by denying children their birthright of play.