Whatever it takes to finish things, finish. You will learn more from a glorious failure than you ever will from something you never finished.

If a Devil is one who dares, when others hold back, then I am happy to play the Devil in this Mystery, boy.

Never trust a demon. He has a hundred motives for anything he does... ninety-nine of them, at least, are malevolent.

I'm one of those writers who tends to be really good at making outlines and sticking to them. I'm very good at doing that, but I don't like it. It sort of takes a lot of the fun out.

Nothing I did where the only reason for doing it was the money was ever worth it, except as bitter experience.

And, selfish and scared, I wonder how much more he has to give.

Adult helplessness destroys children. Or it forces them to become tiny adults of their own.