He's a bully. I love bullies. They have such big, shiny red buttons to push.

Hey, Cormac. You ever have to deal with a PMSing werewolf?

Why vampires? You write centuries-long family sagas—why not write historical epics without any hint of the supernatural?" "Well, that would be boring, wouldn't it?" "Yeah, God only knows what Tolstoy was thinking.

1980's: not a time period but a state of mind.

If vampires ever spend less time playing theatrics and living down to their stereotypes, they might actually take over the world someday

I imagined calling in to my own radio show: Yeah hi, I'm a werewolf, and I'm stuck in a cabin in the woods with another werewolf and a werewolf hunter.

Just so you know, I'm straight. Totally straight. As an arrow." Her voice held a smile. "So am I