Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.

Genre labels are useful only insofar as they help you find an audience.

Everything that you read is an influence on everything you write, and you want to draw as many elements into your work as you can.

How long it takes to write a book depends on its length.

When state and religion are one, religion becomes a means for the powerful to remain in power.

I'm not afraid of werewolves or vampires or haunted hotels, I'm afraid of what real human beings to do other real human beings.

I've learned that I get blocked when my subconscious mind is telling me that I've taken the work in a wrong direction, and that once I start listening to what my subconscious is trying to tell me, I can work out the problem and get moving again.