“A book is never, ever finished. You simply get to a point where you and your editor are reasonably happy with how it is and you go with that. Left to our own devices, a writer would endlessly fiddle with a book, changing little thing after little thing.”

“Myth: Vampires have no reflection.Truth: That's silly. HOw would you check your makeup?”

“Myth: Vampires can read minds. Truth: Geez, I hope not. But it would explain some things about my mom. ”

“Myth: Caffeine doesn't effect vampiresTruth: True, but I guess it doesn't matter, since you don't get tired anyway.”

“Myth: Being a vampire changes your life. Truth: Well, we'll just have to see, won't we?”

“Ernie greets us again and slaps some glasses on the bar. A young-looking guy in the back of the room mutters something about "damn Cullenist" loud enough for me to hear. (Well, me and everybody else, since we've all got superhearing.) What's he talking about? What did I--oh wait, yeah, those vampire books with the sparkly vampires. Great.”

“Myth: Vampires have the power to charm people.Truth: Kinda depends on the vampire if you ask me. ”