Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do

I had been downright paranoid all afternoon, aware of everyone near me. By the time I went for the car, my neck and shoulders were knotted into one painful ache. The most frightening thing I'd seen all afternoon had been the prices on the designer clothing.

Is death such a high price to pay, when you will die anyway?

I want a kiss to be so believable it gives the reader shivers.

I, Anita Blake, scourge of the undead-the human with more vampire kills than any other vampire executioner in the country-was dating a vampire. It was poetically ironic.

They say there is no light without dark, no good without evil, no male without female, no right without wrong. That nothing can exist if it's direct opposite does not also exist.

If you love someone, truly love them, you should never cause them pain. Never fill their eyes with something so close to grief.