You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.

I think one of the appeals of suspense is to safely explore our innermost fears.

I loved ghost stories, creaky staircases, stormy nights. If it guaranteed nightmares I read it by flashlight, after midnight.

My mother would like me to start all interviews by stating that she and my father are perfectly normal. They are proud of me, and as perplexed as anyone by my novels.

Whomever speaks first gives up some power.

You know what the difference between a cardiac surgeon and God is? God doesn't think he's a cardiac surgeon.

Mental illness is a disease and organic mental illness of young kids is becoming more and more of a disease... we do need to talk about it.