"Fear is the oldest and strongest emotion of mankind, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown."

"When asked, 'How do you write?' I invariably answer, 'one word at a time.'"

"He knew that there were some things that no amount of money could buy, and some secrets that no amount of power could uncover."

"Sometimes you have to go on when you don't feel like it, and sometimes you're doing good work when it feels like all you're managing is to shovel shit from a sitting position."

"I don't mean to put down anybody's taste but they were all lovey-dovey, you know, and he got all sparkly. So that kind of spoiled that."