When you spend all your time worrying that the devil is right behind you, eventually you start seeing him whether he's there or not.

The truth may not set you free, but used carefully, it can confuse the hell out of your enemies.

Some days you go bear hunting and you get eaten. Some days you come home with a nice rug to roll around on, and bear steaks. What they don't tell you as a kid is that sometimes you get the rug and steaks, but you also get some nice scars to go with them. As a child you don't understand that you can win, but that's it's not always worth the price. Once you understand and accept that possibility you become a real grown up, and the world becomes a much more serious place. Not less fun, but once you realize what can go wrong, it's a lot scarier to go hunting "bears".

When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why should I?

In chains and darkness, wherefore should I stay, And mourn in prison, while I keep the key.

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice

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