Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror and dark fantasy? If I can't answer the question for myself, I wouldn't dream of trying to answer it for others

You walk like a duck with a wet diaper on.'' Anita Blake Vampire Hunter

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

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book.

So many of us had been armed that there were holsters and weapons scattered among the passed-out bodies like mercenary prizes in a fleshy Cracker Jack box.

Worry about the things you can control; the rest will either work themselves out, or they'll kill you. Either way, no more worries.

I wondered if I had offended him. I wondered if I cared.