Every writer has something to say, but those writers whose works endure have dared to say something about the things that frighten them, confuse them, challenge them, and occasionally delight them.

Guilt is a good friend, isn't it? It will stand at your back when every other friend has abandoned you, and in the face of all reason it will stay by your side, and even when you tell it, "I am moving on now," it will say, "I shall never leave you; never." If only I could find a lover as faithful as guilt.

Actions have consequences... first rule of life. And the second rule is this - you are the only one responsible for your own actions.

The definition of a writing career, is write a book, write another book, write another book

Courage is nothing more than taking one step more than you think you can.

Willful ignorance and endless laws become the replacement for self-education and self-restraint, because ignorance and laws are easy.

Anything designed to be inoffensive isn't worth your time -- life itself is pretty offensive, ending as it does with death.