I try to write every day until the book is done, but the exact process depends on the story and its structure. Sometimes, if the story is more linear, I write it from beginning to end.

I'd like to be remembered not only for my body of work but also for specific novels. Ideally, I want to be remembered in the same way as Stephen King, who defined and exemplified excellence in the horror genre in the late 20th and early 21st century.

There are no authors in my genre. No one is doing what I do.

Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101.

All I know is that I fell in love with you, and I've never been more frightened about anything in my entire life.

Everything a baby does strikes a parent as the most magical thing he/she has ever seen.

Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your face - I know it's an impossibility, but I cannot help myself.