I knew what was like to finally be seduced by the thing you hunted. Mine just happened to be a more traditional seduction. Okay, at least I was still among the living.

Hesitation will get you killed.

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

We are not made up only of our light and happiness but also of darkness and sorrow. To deny the darkness of yourself is to deny half of who you are, and when you love, truly love, you need to love the whole person not just the part that smiles and waves, but the part that thinks murderous thoughts and knows that pain is both pleasure and temptation, but still thinks puppies are really cute.

How could you love someone and not want them to be happy?

That was the problem with loving people: it made you weak. It made you need them. It made the thought of not having them the worst thing in the world.

Seventy percent of a first draft is garbage and 30 percent is gold, but you have to write 100 percent to get that 30.