Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.

When love leaves the world, all hearts are still. Tell them of my love and tell them of my pain and tell them of my hope, which still lives. For this is all I have and all I am and all I ask.

The idea for a novel is like a little tiny fire in a dark night. And, one by one, the characters come and stand around it and warm their hands.

Beating heroin is child's play compared to beating your childhood.

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.

Every liberal in the country must watch Fox News for one year, and every conservative in the country must watch MSNBC for one year. (Middle-of-the-roaders could stick with CSI)

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