Americans are apocalyptic by nature. The reason why is that we've always had so much, so we live in deadly fear that people are going to take it away from us.
We like to think about how smart we are. But I think talent as a writer is hard-wired in, it's all there, at least the basic elements of it. You can't change it any more than you can choose whether to...
Your man Jesus seems to me a bit of a son of a bitch when it comes to women,´Roland said. ´Was He ever married?´The corners of Callahan's mouth quirked. ´No´ he said, ´but His girlfriend was a whore.´...
Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot if difference. They don't have to makes speeches. Just believing is usually enough.
When the dawn was still long hours away, bad thoughts took on flesh and began to walk. In the middle of the night thoughts became zombies.
Wanting more is just a recipe for heartache.
True sorrow is as rare as true love.
Tief in seinem Inneren war nur Larry und sah heraus. Er duldete nur sich selbst in seinem Herzen
They had become a fixed star in the shifting firmament of the high school's relationships, the acknowledged Romeo and Juliet. And she knew with sudden hatefulness that there was one couple like them i...
There were people who lied for gain, people who lied from pain, people who lied simply because the concept of telling the truth was utterly alien to them . . . and then there were people who lied beca...
The scholar's greatest weakness: calling procrastination research.
Small children are great accepters. They don’t understand shame, or the need to hide things.
Shall there be truth between us, as two men? Not as friends, but as enemies and equals?
Pray for rain all you like, but dig a well as you do it.
No good friends, no bad friends; only people you want, need to be with. People who build their houses in your heart.
Lying in the bed that had once held two, Lisey thought alone never felt more lonely than when you woke up and discovered you still had the house to yourself. That you and the mice in the walls were th...
It's best to have your tools with you. If you don't, you're apt to find something you didn't expect and get discouraged.
In the end we are all caught in devices of our own making. I believe that. In the end we are all caught.
If you were seeing a lot of horseshit, there had to be a pony in the vicinity.
Humans were built to look back; that's why we have that swivel joint in our necks