Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.

Real life ... it was an ambiguous world, where actions sometimes had no meaning, where chaos reigned and no one was allowed to see the big picture, only their small portion of it.

There were shadows galore in the dim light, but there was one shadow that did not correspond to any object in the room. It lurked next to the fireplace, a formless, undulating darkness.

The Revelation was my master's project, and after I finished it, I thought I'd send it off to a publisher and within a year or so be a rich and famous writer. Two years later I finally sold it. For a whopping $4,000. A year after that, it finally came out. Which explains why there are all those terrible jobs on my resume!

Murder is an inherently evil act, no matter what the circumstances, no matter how convincing the rationalizations.

I always thought the appeal for vampires are the same as religion, the desire to avoid death and live forever.

I think the internet is a great marketing tool--but marketing is not my job. I'm a writer. My job is to write novels.