“I think horror, when done well, is one of the most direct and honest ways to get to the core of the human experience because terror reduces all of us to our most authentic forms.”

“They want to be stimulated. They want to read something that can get under their skin and hang out there for a while.”

“Self-confidence is usually little more than wishful thinking in a thigh-high pair of Come F*ck Me boots.”

“. I watched her sip at the drink some more. She was strong, healthy, but also petite enough that I was certain I could overpower her. Id made the right decision not to tranquilize her, I thought. S...”

“Deadlines help me, but my muse hates them. My muse functions in fits and starts, and tends to take very long vacations. Deadlines are like a hot poker to his ass. They force us both to sit down and...”

“Sandys was one of those places that made poor, white trash feel like high-class consumers. This was the kind of place youd take your mistress to, but never your wife. Wives expected better. Mistres...”

“I think horror, when done well, is one of the most direct and honest ways to get to the core of the human experience because terror reduces all of us to our most authentic forms.”

“They want to be stimulated. They want to read something that can get under their skin and hang out there for a while.”

“Self-confidence is usually little more than wishful thinking in a thigh-high pair of Come F*ck Me boots.”

“Her face was a grimace of surprised pain as she slid unconscious down the back of the tub and under the water. I held her under for several minutes after the blow, watching as the water went pink, ...”

“Only I was capable of saving her now, and that, as far as anyone could argue, may have made me worse than all the devils and the demons, but it also, more accurately, made me better than all the an...”

“I do not love men: I love what devours them.”

“Despite my ghoulish reputation, I really have the heart of a small boy. I keep it in a jar on my desk.”

“Part of his mind was screaming, but it was a distant one and easy to ignore.”