Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.

All violence flows from the same source ... the need for power. Power is the only true morality ... the only deathless god, and the appetite for violence is its only commandment.

I think challenges are what any decent writer would be all about. If you actually do find your slide and grease it, shame on you. Me, I get bored very easily. As a writer I get bored even faster than I do in real life. I mean, I like fast cars; I've driven a lot of racecars. You need some stimulation. If I find something that seems too difficult to do, too difficult to research, or beyond your writing abilities, it's a perfect invitation to try it.

In such seconds of decision entire futures are made.

If there is a true religion in the universe, it must include the truth of contact or be forever hollow.

Words are the light and sound of our existence, the heat lightning by which the night is illuminated.

Nothing helps an artist's career more than a little death and obscurity.