Your quarrel is with God. I merely wish to offer Him the opportunity to judge you.

No ninjas! How was that possible? Five daughters brought up at home without any ninjas! I never heard of such a thing. Your mother must have been quite a slave to your safety.

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.

Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose.

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.

Your quarrel is with God. I merely wish to offer Him the opportunity to judge you.

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