And if you are honest about the words coming out of your characters' mouths, you'll find that you've let yourself in for a fair amount of criticism.

I worry about you Bev. I worry a lot.

I think most of us are fascinated by the macabre and by the weird and even the nastiness that comes along.

Life is fair. We all get the same nine-month shake in the box, and then the dice roll. Some people get a run of sevens. Some people, unfortunately, get snake-eyes. Its just how the world is.

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

It always comes down to just two choices. Get busy living, or get busy dying.

No one can be as intellectually slothful as a really smart person