“Just because everybody uses language, that doesn't mean that they can write even tolerable prose.”

“I'm scared of madmen with knives, and perverts hiding in alleys. I'm scared of people, because they're shit. But etheric entities don't frighten me. They don't have hands of flesh and blood. They can't fire a gun. The only way they can hurt you is through fear, your own mind. You must know that.”

“I think (Robert E.) Howard often wrote with his heart, but not always with his head.”

“Just because you have information, doesn't mean you're informed.”

“Just because there were times you were frightened doesn't mean you weren't brave.”

“You'll often hear the phrase "science doesn't know everything." Well, of course it doesn't know everything. But just because science doesn't know everything doesn't mean that it knows nothing.”

“There are lots of guys out there who write a better prose line than I do and who have a better understanding of what people are really like and what humanity is supposed to mean – hell, I know that.”