Occupation: Novelist Birth: September 25, 1970
The secret to winning a woman is calculated neglect..
Truth might be stranger than fiction, but it needs a better editor..
Every adaptation requires that the screenwriter make difficult choices - and in particular, difficult cuts..
She leaned forward and kissed me on the lips. He mouth was cold, her lips rough from the winter wind, and if the mystics are right and we are doomed ….
There are a few moments in your life when you are truly and completely happy, and you remember to give thanks. Even as it happens you are nostalgic f….
the lonliest sound in the world is other people making love..
You don't like the girl. You don't know what color eyes she has, you don't like her..
Once you realise that heroes die, everything becomes that much more terrifying..
Contrary to popular belief, the experience of terror does not make you braver. Perhaps though, it is easier to hide your fear when you're afraid all ….
This is good, life must continue, we are fighting barbarians, but we must remain human..
I'll tell you a secret. Something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might ….
You're a writer. Make it up..
This wasn't the way I had imagined my adventures, but reality ignored my wishes from the get-go, giving me a body best suited for stacking books in t….
A certain luxury when you get to writing a novel is to have the space to have your characters just banter..
I was a huge fantasy geek growing up. I was the dungeon master in my D&D game..
I've always envied people who sleep easily. Their brains must be cleaner, the floorboards of the skull well swept, all the little monsters closed up ….
I like having my own story remain my story..
Talent must be a fanatical mistress. She's beautiful; when you're with her, people watch you, they notice. But she bangs on your door at odd hours, a….
I was cursed with the pessimism of both the Russians and the Jews two of the gloomiest tribes in the world. Still if there wasn't greatness in me ma….
I have never been much of a patriot. My father would not have allowed such a thing while he lived, and his death insured that his wish was carried ou….
Hollywood screenwriters tend to have the longevity of NFL running backs. So the truth is no one can put more pressure on us than we put on ourselves..