Busy as a one legged man in an ass kicking contest.

The past is obdurate.

Writers must be fair and remember even bad guys (most of them, anyway) see themselves as good—they are the heroes of their own lives. Giving them a fair chance as characters can create some interesting shades of gray—and shades of gray are also a part of life.

Terror. When you come home and notice everything you own has been taken away and replaced by an exact substitute. It’s when the lights go out and you feel something behind you-you hear it-you feel its breath against your ear, but when you turn around there’s nothing there.

Read a lot, write a lot is the great commandment.

Even the company of the mad was better than the company of the dead.

Sometimes dead is better