For awhile I taped soap operas and watched them at night when I thought I might be forgetting what it was like to be human. After a while I stopped, because from the examples I saw on those shows, forgetting humanity was a good thing.
You won’t find a vampire in a Ford Fiesta.
Self-pity is like chocolate; as you get older, you can only afford a little bit.
I’d have to say no, people don’t change, but they can learn to behave differently.
JB’s mother had taught him early on that appreciated women are happy women.
I was surprised to find out there was a direct line from my palm to my, my, hootchie.
Appius Livius Ocella made mistakes in his whole long existence. Perhaps changing Eric was his finest hour. He created the perfect vampire. Eric’s only flaw is you.
I don’t write the kind of ‘happily ever after’ that romance readers enjoy.
I realized that I was really tired of people popping on and off of my property like it was a train station on the supernatural railroad.
My first word for the New Year was ‘exsanguinate.’ This was probably not a good omen.
I so seldom had to dispose of a human body myself, I was at a loss. Fairies turned into dust, and vampires flaked away. Demons had to be burned. Humans were very troublesome.
If I quit having fun, then it’s time for me to quit working.
What are you, Zen Master Fang?
I could just envision Sam imagining that I wanted him to go out to the lake with me, only to be confronted by Jannalynn and whatever she thought of as a romantic dinner – live rabbits they could chase together, maybe.
And since I’m going to be in the neighborhood, you thought I might do as an escort? To an orgy?
He picked some unwise words. Saying, “I’ll enjoy killing you for my lord”, is just not the way to make my acquaintance.
Very few of my characters are totally heroic or totally villainous.
I freely admit I know nothing about television or writing for the screen.
Not one man in a million would have allowed me the time without speaking. I opened my mind, let my gaurd down completely, relaxed. His silence washed over me. I stood, closed my eyes, breathed out the relief that was too profound for words.
Once again, I had that feeling of drowning when I hadn’t even known I was in the pool.