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

Apparently it was unethical for lawyers to sleep with their clients. This from a man who offered legal representation to assassins.

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.

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

It doesn’t bother you that your canine brethren are being paraded around show rings like slaves?” “My canine brethren?” I said. “I don’thave any canine brethren.” “How can you say that! You’re a werewolf.” “That’s right. I’m a werewolf, not a poodle. What makes you think I have any kinship with dogs?

One inch at a time, that was how her father had taught her. You can't do anything but worry about the few inches right in front of you.

To be a DJ was to be God. To be a DJ at an alternative public radio station ? That was being God with a mission. It was thinking you were the first person to discover The Clash and you had to spread the word.