We live, we die. Somewhere along the way, if we're lucky, we may find someone to help lighten the load.

And I had always liked vampire stories because they are great material that can be refashioned in lots of ways.

I was very much a child of the Cold War.

Because that's what heaven is...it's opening the door of a house in twilight and everyone you love is there.

It happened fast. Thirty-two minutes for one world to die, another to be born.

My theory of characterization is basically this: Put some dirt on a hero, and put some sunshine on the villain, one brush stroke of beauty on the villain.

Every book has got its challenges. You run into a plot point that you can't figure out, or a scene that you struggle to write and have to write 50 times.