...she said all writers were prima donnas, drunks, social misfits, pompous, or depressed. Brilliant, maybe, but completely crazy.

They call it the drowning instinct. It's when drowning doesn't look like drowning. (pg. 241)

Tell yourself you’re dead, the way Matt does, so the past can’t hurt you.

Honestly, Bob: how do you carve a scream?

Unfortunately on the road to Ankh everyone you love must die.Children of Ankh series

Master the power of attitude and you'll live a powerful life.

It’s not the intensity of pain, but the level of stupidness that makes you do things you regret.

When a person says only what others love to hear, he is largely liked; but if he loves to say what he likes only, then others hardly hear him.

It's foolish to bet on a horse without talking to him first. I know it seems silly to ask a horse who's going to win a race - but it's no sillier than asking anyone else.

I'm sure fame is yet to come; however, it's not my ultimate goal. I really just want to be able to tell stories, and create, and do it for a living.

Technology and the pace of change in media is pushing us into an uncomfortable area The media have perhaps become more cavalier towards pushing confidential information.

I am not blind to the shortcomings of our own people.

I made art a philosophy, and philosophy an art.

The real religion is not imitation of anybody else, it is a search to find out your own authentic self, who you are.