No one ever really pays for betrayal in silver....The price of any betrayal always comes due in flesh.

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work.

I and everyone else in this world live in what is probably the most difficult times that have ever been. We are facing total thermonuclear destruction; and, if you can make someone believe in a ghost or a demon or a vampire in the face of that, you are doing well. From my own personal point of view, I don't think just blood and guts is enough. At least, it isn't for me. Maybe it will turn someone's stomach; but, I'm not sure that is literature or even entertainment.

When I knew I was going to be able to write full time, I wondered, "What's going to happen to the relationships within my family?" Are they going to change? Is it going to be the kind of deal where you say, "I can't take this! Get me out of here! I can't stand these screaming kids!" The way it turned out was, I was able to change the diapers okay, after I stuck the pin through my fingers a few times. I had a dawning realization that children are not particularly hard to deal with.

The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.

It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed.

The town kept its secrets, and the Marsten House brooded over it like a ruined king.