...you don't need ghosts to be haunted. Memory does that just fine without any supernatural help at all.

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.

I wish you a great grace to fulfill your dreams in the New Year.

You must not only exist in the world, live life.

To be a great man think like them and behave like them but do not repeat their mistakes

If we forget the past, individually or as a culture, we lose knowledge that has already been gained, and we lose valuable tools by which our knowledge may grow.

We put things in order - God does the rest. Lay an iron bar east and west it is not magnetized. Lay it north and south and it is.

I think that the loss of confidence in yourself to make good music is what being jaded is.

Why are most chess masters under 30?

Chef means boss and in France you get an office chef and you get a chef on a building site, etc. So I'm a chef de cuisine, chef of the kitchen, and that means that I'm in charge of a team.

What is to be once resolved on should be first often well considered.

The magic gets lost in translation.