I told her why we are here. I told you wouldn't hurt Jack." "The coffin?" I smiled. I couldn't help it. He was a 'jack in a box.

I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else

I try to be a good cop. I try to be a good little soldier and follow orders up to a point. But in the end I’m not really a cop, or a soldier. I am a legally sanctioned murderer. I am the Executioner.

I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write

Richard was a riddle with no answer, and I was tired of playing a game I couldn't win.

It's not the fur or the fangs that make you a monster, not always. Sometimes, it's just where you draw the line.

Some wounds cut us so deep that they stop us. Stop us from letting go, from growing up, from seeing the truth.