That was the problem with loving people: it made you weak. It made you need them. It made the thought of not having them the worst thing in the world.

If you keep a gun in your purse, you get killed, because no woman can find anything in her purse in under twelve minutes. It's a rule.

What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why.

I used to think I knew what was right and what was wrong, and who the good guys are, and who the bad guys are. Then the world got very gray, and I didn't know anything for a long time

A woman will forget that a man is male, if they are good enough friends, but men rarely forget that a woman is feminine.

I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that are already in print

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.