The best horror novels open up, "It was beautiful summer day and the smell of flowers emanated throughout the air.

Which is the true nightmare, the horrific dream that you have in your sleep or the dissatisfied reality that awaits you when you awake?

The most formidable adversary of evil is a persistent man with a loud conscience.

I don't imagine book elitists as my audience when writing. I dream about teachers, morticians and garbage men instead.

Non fiction? Non fiction?! Listen, reality is what got me into this mess in the first place.

We may think of ourselves as static anti-heroes, but in reality we're dynamic protagonists just waiting for our courage to kick in.

I don't remember ever signing up for weird. It just sort of happened.

A good editor can make a respectable writer remarkable, just like a good parent helps a child become amazing.

The man with the most guns survives the zombie apocalypse, but the man with the most books, locks the door and forgets it ever happened.

Never give your opinion on someone's writing unless they ask sincerely, and never ask for someone's opinion unless you're sincere.

When a cat flatters ... he is not insincere: you may safely take it for real kindness.

Like I said on my bio on my webpage, I was born at an early age, I was close to my mother.

I just feel rejuvenated in such a big way because of these race cars I get to drive.

my courage always rises with every attempt to intimidate me.

God has marvelous ways of taking our worst tragedies and turning them into His most glorious triumphs.

All mirrors are magical mirrors, and we never see our faces in them.

Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.

We bury our seeds and wait, Winter blocks the road, Flowers are taken prisoner underground, But then green justice tenders a spear

I was so thrilled that I was having a girl, because I just am so girly myself, but I think the teenage years are going to be very interesting.

I've been working for a long time and I've just really been allowed to work, with very little of the baggage and the pressures that can come with my job.