Friends don’t spy; true friendship is about privacy, too.

Zombies are the new vampire.

The redness was going out of the light now, the remains of the day were a fading pink, the color of wild roses.

Writing fiction, especially a long work of fiction, can be a difficult, lonely job; it's like crossing the Atlantic Ocean in a bathtub. There's plenty of opportunity for self-doubt.

because the hardest boss a man can ever have is himself.

Time is a face on the water.

You’d be surprised what a person can live with,” Dan said.