Time will unfold its leaves.

Any man who barely sustains an armistice with himself has no business poking around in an alien soul.

There were dreams once upon a time, dreams now all but forgotten. On sad days I dust them off and fondle them nostalgically, with a patronizing wonder at the naivete of the youth who dreamed them.

Write. Don't talk about writing. Don't tell me about your wonderful story ideas. Don't give me a bunch of "somedays." Plant your ass and scribble, type, keyboard. If you have any talent at all, it will leak out despite your failure to pay attention in English.

Evil is relative…You can’t hang a sign on it. You can’t touch it or taste it or cut it with a sword. Evil depends on where you are standing, pointing your indicting finger.

There is no vengeance as terrible as the vengeance a coward plots in the dark of his heart.

I'm an incurable romantic. The essence of romance is an unshakable conviction that next time will be different.