“Nothing's a better cure for writer's block than to eat ice cream right out of the carton.”

“A writer always writes.”

“I write every day whether somebody pays me or not. I write every day whether or not self-doubt is kicking my ass. It's what writers must do.”

“Creativity and intelligence, rather than violence, are the best problem solvers.”

“I write fiction. It may have mystery, it may have horror, it may have fantasy, it may have love, but like life, it's all the same genre.”

“We often wait for that knock of opportunity, though I've found it's better to just grab a chainsaw and cut open your own fucking door.”

“I think people would be happier if they admitted things more often. In a sense we are all prisoners of some memory, or fear, or disappointment - we are all defined by something we cant change.”

“And I didn't choose it, Kat. I chose you.”

“I love you. Youre mine. Ill kill any bastard who tries to take you from me.”

“The only calibration that counts is how much heart people invest, how much they ignore their fears of being hurt or caught out or humiliated. And the only thing people regret is that they didn't li...”

“I wonder if fears ever really go away, or if they just lose their power over us.”

“Fear is all in the mind”

“And once you've been to this Center, this Truth, you'll know your way everywhere. You are never lost again.”

“The Queen's Pride was his ship, and he loved her. (That was the way his sentences always went: It is raining today and I love you. My cold is better and I love you. Say hello to Horse and I love yo...”

“What Joab did not and could not know was that it was ego, and the ego of a king is just like the ego of anyone else. It is a social infection, entering each person as a psychological virus that is ...”