No, it's not a very good story - its author was too busy listening to other voices to listen as closely as he should have to the one coming from inside.

never's the word God listens for when he needs a laugh.

She nods. You're good for the ones you love. You want to be good for the ones you love, because you know that your time with them will end up being too short, no matter how long it is.

If a writer knows what he or she is doing, I'll go along for the ride. If he or she doesn't... well, I'm in my fifties now, and there are a lot of books out there. I don't have time to waste with the poorly written ones.

You learn best by reading a lot and writing a lot, and the most valuable lessons of all are the ones you teach yourself.

I think it is beyond doubt that H. P. Lovecraft has yet to be surpassed as the twentieth century's greatest practitioner of the classic horror tale.

There had never been a shortage of fools in the world