I've been typed as a horror writer, and I've always said to people, "I don't care what you call me as long as the checks don't bounce and the family gets fed."

Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home.

When people begin to lose hope, there's bound to be explosions.

Most books about writing are filled with bullshit. Fiction writers, present company included, don’t understand very much about what they do—not why it works when it’s good, not why it doesn’t when it’s bad.

The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch.

Your first impulse is to share good news, your second is to club someone with it.

Relief loosens tongues beyond measure.