Writing is like being in a dream state or under self-directed hypnosis. It induces a state of recall that - while not perfect - is pretty spooky.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

You can never get enough of what you really don't want. Identify what it is you're actually craving. This will save Time, Energy and Resources.

If I dream by myself, it's merely a dream. But if we all dream together, that's the start of a new future.

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.

Of my sowing such straw I reap. O human folk, why set the heart there where exclusion of partnership is necessary

The wise man should consider that health is the greatest of human blessings. Let food be your medicine.

Nobody likes it when someone calls in sick.

Perhaps Harvard's greatest contribution to our nation is its requirement that its on-leave professors who want to keep their crimson seats must return from Washington after 24 months.

I don't have much contact at all with other black metal bands.

A charity ball is like a dance except it's tax deductible.

I think it will get moving faster. I mean once you get it off the - once credit flows - now the recession is going to get worse.