The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

So I had this problem -- work or starve. So I thought I'd combine the two and decided to become a writer.

The man who smiles when things go wrong has thought of someone to blame it on.

I always carry a pistol when I go [to the New York Public Library]. Never did trust those stone lions.

Everything in this business makes sense, because it serves a real purpose, fills a need that's a part of living. Even a single nail, like this one, fulfills a function. Drive it into a crucial place and you can depend on it to do a job, keep on doing it for a hundred years to come. Long after we're dead and gone, both of us.

Funny how we take it for granted that we know all there is to know about another person, just because we see them frequently or because of some strong emotional tie.

People hear that I am a horror writer and they think that I must be a monster, but actually I have the heart of a small child - I keep it in a jar on my desk.