There was a time when you would have taken my heart with stake or gun. Now you have taken it with these delicate hands and the scent of your body." - Jean-Claude

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.

Any time an opportunity scares you that much, you should seriously consider saying yes.

I’m an artist who is always looking for what is possible. I’m always looking to extend the boundaries.

I think statues are great; they show what great people would look like if a bird sh*t all over them.

When one first seeks the truth, one separates oneself from it.

There are moments when you feel trapped, ill at ease. A year later the same feeling can turn out to be the theme of a book.

To give a man full knowledge of morality, I would send him to no other book than the New Testament.

The only thing I know is that we came from the stars, and that we have the same material as the stars. That's all that I know. Everything else I don't know.

Some churches would rather die than to get out of the comfort of the past.

Gossip can be entertaining: occasionally, I've heard the most fascinating things about myself I never knew.

We have to recognize that there is a Palestinian entity, that the PLO and the Palestinian Authority has to run their life.