Better to assume the worst and be wrong than assume the best and be wrong.

His parting shot to me had been, "I don't want to love someone who is more at home with the monsters than I am." What do you say to that? What can you say? Damned if I know. They say love conquers everything. They lie.

I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read horror or fantasy, other than children's fantasy, until I was in my teens

Love sucks. Sometimes it feels good. Sometimes it's just another way to bleed.

Giving up something that no longer serves a purpose, or protects you, or helps you, isn’t giving up at all, it’s growing up.

I am the Executioner. Murder someone in my town, and I’m the one that you get to see. Once.

If you're dressed for my funeral, it's too casual. If it's just street clothes, then you must be scaring the tourists.