I fear that a life of death has made me numb to both.

I've been a lifelong horror fan, but at the same time, I would say 90 percent of my reading is biographies and nonfiction history.

If a novelist has created vivid characters, interesting relationships, settings the reader can easily imagine, and intriguing stories, a screenwriter has loads to work with. The challenge comes with deciding what to cut and what to keep.

I dare say she means to keep you from his attentions. Your honour demands she be slain.

America is thataway, Mr. Lincoln," laughed Davis, pointing north. "You're in Mississippi now.

Hug your children...Kiss your mothers and fathers, your brothers and sisters. Tell them how much you love them, every day. Because every day is the last day. Every light casts a shadow. And only the gods know when the darkness will find us.

If you write really good material, the rest just falls into place. There's really no trick to it.