Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

It's not the fur or the fangs that make you a monster, not always. Sometimes, it's just where you draw the line.

There was a time when you would have taken my heart with stake or gun. Now you have taken it with these delicate hands and the scent of your body." - Jean-Claude

If you're open to it, New Orleans will teach you about yourself, but if you want to hide from who you really are, the city will help you do that, too.

My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people

Giving up something that no longer serves a purpose, or protects you, or helps you, isn’t giving up at all, it’s growing up.

I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make it into print