“So here I am writing my zombie story and my lead character decides to betray me.”

“Creating characters is easy. It’s getting them to behave that’s the problem.”

“To write is to stand at the edge of a bottomless well, unafraid of falling in.”

“It’s amazing how fast you can write when there’s a gun to your head.”

“I named my dog Stay, so I can say, 'Come here, Stay! Come here, Stay!”

“Pride is the veil that blinds the eyes of the soul.”

“To be good is an unnatural condition. There is no man that is born knowing what humility is, what kindness and compassion and hope and love and generosity are. These are things that must be learned. Learned through trials and through pain and through suffering; held onto every inch of the way. Good is not born, it is made”