Don’t you see? It is a new age. It requires a new evil. And I am that new evil.
When I’m writing, the darkness is always there. I go where the pain is.
I don’t believe in anything and that makes me stronger than you think.
Everything we do in life, we do with certain expectations.
The one thing you share with every mortal is death.
And when a strong man is sweet, even Goddesses look down from Mount Olympus.
The library furnished our dreams, helped us shape our ambitions, made up people of books and ideas and grand designs.
Old truths and ancient magic, revolution and invention, all conspire to distract us from the passion that in one way or another defeats us all.
But death we are, and death we’ve always been.
The vampire is an outsider. He’s the perfect metaphor for those things. He’s someone who looks human and sounds human, but is not human, so he’s always on the margins.
Vampires always order hot drinks. They aren’t going to drink them; but they can feel the warmth and smell them if they’re hot, and that is so good.
I love the one who punishes me well.
Obviously, a writer can’t know everything about what she writes. It’s impossible.
Invest in a feather duster – the possibilities are endless.
I’m fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on.
We have to become saints. We have to become like Christ. Anything less is simply not enough.
You can look at the New York Times Bestseller List and you can be pretty sure that the writers on that list don’t know each other very well.
I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people. In the beginning he was just dismissed out of hand, which was terrible.
Suffering of sentient beings is like decay; it fertilizes the growth of their souls.
No matter how rudely someone treats you, remain kind. Walking away at peace with yourself is worth it.