There are a lot of people in the field [ of horror stories] that I do read. There is a lot of stuff that is written in this field, though, that is not very good. You just have to look for the good stuff.

Reading a good long novel is in many ways like having a long and satisfying affair

Eddie discovered one of his childhood's great truths. Grownups are the real monsters, he thought.

It's a cash and carry world. Sometimes you pay a little. Mostly it's a lot. Sometimes, it's everything you have.

When you write you tell yourself a story. When you rewrite you take out everything that is NOT the story.

I choose to believe in God because it makes things better.

His name is Legion. He is the king of nowhere.