Death is the last intimate thing we ever do.

I was shaking all over, and it wasn't from the vampire. Memories have teeth, too.

That was the true terror of love, that you could love with your whole heart, your whole soul, and lose both

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

Morals aren't just for when it's easy, Anita. They aren't morals if you throw them aside every time it's convenient.

Who would have ever thought I'd be afraid of a zombie, any kind of zombie? Nicely ironic that.

By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips.