Angel? Angels didn't sit on the lap of wicked scoundrels-not unless they were the fallen kind.

Terence: As my old da used to tell me, 'never trust a rich man'. David: Good thing I'm only moderately rich. Terence: Which is why I only moderately distrust you.

It's not your instincts that are the problem. It's your tendency to drown them in a bottle.

And in my private life I prefer not to pass myself off as what I'm not (Daniel Brennan)

The best time to write is when your life is in the toilet. Writing offers an escape from your problems, so if you force yourself to write when you're in the doldrums, it will have the perverse effect of cheering you up. At the very least, it allows you to inflict your pain on your characters, which has the dual effect of giving them more depth while relieving your own tension.

Love is taking chances when every rational part of you screams, ‘Don’t risk it.’ Because it’s only when your heart has been ripped open that you get a chance to find the one person capable of making it whole.

A man is what he is and no fancy lodgings or fine clothes will change that (Daniel Brennan)