“One day, I decided I was going to write books forever.”

“Dawn cackles as she guides me through the all-glass porch. Thinner, paler Reina shuffles about behind Dawn, watching as I slip my boots off. Although she tries to hide her hands, her fingers flicke...”

“You have to know your own mind inside out before you can know the minds of others.”

“The fear of not being remembered is a dangerous thing.”

“Writing is a solitary existence, especially if you forget to chat to your friends sorry, I meant characters.”

“One mans fight is another mans freedom.”

“nights and days came and passedand summer and winterand the sun and the windand the rain.and it was good to be a little islanda part of the worldand a world of its ownall surrounded by the bright b...”

“When you drop a glass or a plate to the ground it makes a loud crashing sound. When a window shatters a table leg breaks or when a picture falls off the wall it makes a noise. But as for your heart...”

“A good friend of mine once said, "I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child.”

“No matter what the good boys tell you, criminality is not a level playing field.”

“First time I ever put pen to paper, I had one goal to build something no one had ever thought of before.”

“The only difference between writers and people who don't write is that writers aren't afraid to display their demons.”

“I built an idea in my head of the hero I wanted to be, a grab bag of traits from heroes, villains, and side characters. I did not have book role models, I had book blueprints.But there remained a h...”

“I am not always good and noble. I am the hero of this story, but I have my off moments.”

“Ethan: "You think I'm a hero?"Beth: "Yes."Ethan: "But lousy husband material?" Like that really mattered to him.Beth: "Don't sweat it. So was Superman.”