Because people see violence on the movie screen, they're not going to go out and hold up a liquor store and kill somebody. It really doesn't correlate.

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Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no...

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I like to deal with EVERY aspect of our condition, and that means terror and...

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos

When tempest tossed, embrace chaos

If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it.

If someone wrote it and it had a peculiar twist, I've read it.

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We are coming out of a century that was taught that one way of looking...

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When I'm working on a novel, I work 70-hour weeks.

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I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're...

Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true...

Do as little harm to others as you can; make any sacrifice for your true...

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I don't find slashing and blood flying everywhere to be scary. I just find it...

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Every book has some real life in it. I was never pursued by an evil...

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I really believe that everyone has a talent, ability, or skill that he can mine...

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In my books, I never portray violence as a reasonable solution to a problem. If...

What we do as a society is seek simple answers.

What we do as a society is seek simple answers.

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If you want to publish two books a year under your own name and your...

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every...

The hands of every clock are shears, trimming us away scrap by scrap, and every...

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me...

There's sometimes a weird benefit to having an alcoholic, violent father. He really motivated me...