"I was always attracted to characters that were in some level of turmoil or suffering because I had so much of that in my own life and I wanted to channel it. I was always into darker things."

“I'm a writer and this is what I do no matter what name we put to it. Year by year, the world is turning into a darker and stranger place than any of us could want. This is the only thing I do that has potential to shine a little further than my immediate surroundings. For me, each story is a little candle held up to the dark of night, trying to illuminate the hope for a better world where we all respect and care for each other.”

“I believe boycotts are wrong.”

Source : "Ariz. Governor to Obama, Napolitano: 'Do Your Job!'". "On the Record" with Greta Van Susteren, www.foxnews.com. May 20, 2010.

“There definitely was a time when I was pretty obsessed with my weight, but I'm better off not stressing about my body all the time.”

“There are two roads to every place, and the wise man chooses the pleasant one.”

Source : Phyllis Bentley (1954). “The House of Moreys”

“It's not like I wake up and songs flow out of me.”

“It is easier to kill than to heal. It is easier to destroy than to preserve. It is easier to tear down than to build. Those who feed on destructive emotions and ambitions and deny the responsibilities that are the price of wielding power can bring down everything you care for and would protect. Be on guard, always.”

Source : Anne Bishop (2007). “Heir to the Shadows: The Black Jewels Trilogy 2”, p.372, Penguin

“I listen to a lot of old stuff like Smokey Robinson, Marvin Gaye, and The Temptations.”

“For, in the end, it is impossible to have a great life unless it is a meaningful life. And it is very difficult to have a meaningful life without meaningful work.”