In France, for instance, one magazine writer was convinced that On The Road had been a huge influence on Lost Souls and was crushed to learn that I hadn't read the one until after I'd written the other.

I don't like to talk about work in progress, but the novel I'm working on now is definitely not horror.

Celebrities, even insignificant ones like me, are created to be abused by the Great Unwashed.

Why bother? I was right all along: the second you make yourself vulnerable to someone, they start drawing blood.

Horror is the badge of humanity, worn proudly, self-righteously, and often falsely.

Sometimes we gotta be brave even when we're scared. We gotta not let being scared keep us from thinkin' straight. That's all brave is, boy, when you come right down to it, not lettin' the fear get you so turned around you start doin' stupid things, instead of what you know you ought to do.

If you want something, you don't wait for the world to deal it out for you. You take it.