The amazing thing now is that most of those so-called critics who were telling me to find my own voice seem to have lost theirs.

Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.

But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all.

A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could!

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case.

But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster.

The Army was my bread and butter.

And I have to consider myself fortunate, because there are plenty of writers who spend most of a lifetime looking for that certain something without ever finding it.

I have friends who read my books in Greek.

Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers.

We've got one life and the older we get the more we come to realize how short it is.

O LORD God give us a heart to heed to thy holy word.

I guess god simply wants me to meet many wrong people before I meet the right one.

change everyday with a positive way.

Hang on! Don’t give up.

If I'm honest I have to tell you I still read fairy-tales and I like them best of all.

I think one of the most fascinating things you can do after you learn about your own people is to study something about the history and culture of other people.

If you cannot trust God for the temporal, how dare you trust him for the eternal?

For every problem, there exists a solution...and at the very least...an opportunity.

I mean it as a compliment when I say that you could almost define a philosopher as someone who won't take common sense for an answer.

What comes to me unmistakably is what I carefully or carelessly invite.