The second you stop questioning yourself is the second that you become the monster. -Merry

All men love to talk about themselves, even the ones who are completely buggers.

What's your name?" Donald." Hi, Donald, missed you at the wienie roast.

Is it better to outmonster the monsters or to be quietly devoured?

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

I'm pro-choice because I've never been a fourteen-year-old incest victim pregnant by her father, or a woman who's going to die if the pregnancy continues, or a rape victim, or even a teenager who made a mistake. I want women to have choices, but I also believe that it's a life, especially once it's big enough to live outside the womb.

You awful hard to kill, Anita.' 'There's a first time, Luther, and that's all it takes.