And in real life endings aren't always neat, whether they're happy endings, or whether they're sad endings.

Like the man said, a little hope never hurt anybody

And if there are no cars or planes, and if no one’s Uncle John is out in the wood lot west of town banging away at a quail or pheasant; if the only sound is the slow beat of your own heart, you can hear another sound, and that is the sound of life winding down to its cyclic close, waiting for the first winter snow to perform last rites.

He sat upon his throne, which is made of skulls.

We're all going to die; I'm just trying to make it a little more interesting.

You know what talent is? The curse of expectation. As a kid you have to deal with that, beat it somehow. If you can write, you think God put you on earth to blow Shakespeare away. Or if you can paint, maybe you think--I did--that God put you on earth to blow your father away.

I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts.