What do you do when you know you are breaking someone's heart, but to do anything else would break your own?

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.

But more importantly, know I love you more than I can say with simple words. Poets have attempted for centuries to find the perfect combination, and I don’t imagine I shall have more luck than they.

America is a country of young men.

It's not a problem taking out someone who wants your people dead. That's not a problem at all.

I just love that spirit that makes people do things that they probably shouldn't.

I want to do something crazy for a part - something I'd never even consider in real life.

What's better, a poetic intuition or an intellectual work? I think they complement each other.

Learn the rules, break the rules, make up new rules, break the new rules.

There are good reasons why everybody should heed politicians' advise not to believe the media. One of the best is that the media report what politicians say.

A Dark Night is a mental and emotional state of despair that arises when something is so painful that it blots out all other considerations and makes carrying on as usual out of the question.

If a religion does not teach love, respect, and regard for others, it cannot be the religion of humanity.