The fans, the vampire groupies, love the idea of this androgynous, preternatural figure stalking the night, and craving aesthetic pleasure just as he craves blood, wearing only the best velvet clothes, and savoring red roses.

I claim Dickens as a mentor. He's my teacher. He's one of my driving forces.

I picture heaven as a vast library, with unlimited volumes to read. And paintings and statues to examine galore. I picture it as a great doorway to learning...rather than one great dull answer to all our questions

I like to read things I've read before. It's like listening over and over to your favorite song.

When we talk about our lives, long or short, brief and tragic or enduring beyond comprehension, we impose a continuity on them, and that continuity is a lie.

The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.

The truth is most women are weak, be they mortal or immortal. But when they are strong, they are absolutely unpredictable.