If a fear cannot be articulated, it can't be conquered.

I still think that of all the people doing top fiction today, John D. MacDonald is the best.He was my model as a kid. If there are people out there that want to write, all you need to do is read 20 of his stories to get an idea what it takes to make a story kick over.

I always drank, from when it was legal for me to drink. And there was never a time for me when the goal wasn't to get as hammered as I could possibly afford to. I never understood social drinking, that's always seemed to me like kissing your sister.

You can't polish a turd.

God always punishes us for what we can't imagine.

I thought it was great fun to scare people. I also knew it was socially acceptable because there were a lot of horror movies out there.

Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.