Love is the water of life, drink deeply.

Being immortal must have a lot of attractions. You can travel all over the world, see everything, do everything. But what happens if you are immortal and your friends and family are not? You are then destined to watch them age and die.

All great literary works influence us as writers, not their stories as much as their storytelling ability.

I'm probably better known in the US as a YA writer, I have a huge body of adult horror and fantasy behind me.

I never avoid something that challenges my guts and my heart. While I might occasionally puke my guts out, I have never puked my heart out.

the best lie is wrapped around a core of truth

There was no honor in war, less in killing, and none in dying. But there was true dignity in how men comported themselves in battle. And there was always honor to be found in standing for a just cause and defending the defenseless.