Storytelling Has A Narcotic Power.

I've Always Just Wanted To Earn My Living By Writing. The Best Thing Is To Go Into My Study In The Morning And Stay There And Put Words Together.

You Can't Make Sense Of The Present Unless A Part Of You Lives In The Past.

First Comes An Idea. Then, Characters Begin To Evolve Out Of The Landscape Of That Idea. And Then, Finally, Characters Dominate: Plot Is Simply A Function Of What These People Might Do Or Be. Everything Has To Flow From Their Personalities; Otherwise It Will Not Be Emotionally Engaging, Or Plausible.

Their Souls Were Contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, Spiders And Vampires: That Was What Lenin Called Them.

You Can't Ever Win The War On Crime, Or The War On Terror. You Can't Repeal Human Nature.