I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice.

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I like conventions. I like meeting and greeting. I'm perched on that edge where I'm...

I like conventions. I like meeting and greeting. I'm perched on that edge where I'm...

I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never...

I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never...

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail.

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail.

Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil.

Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil.

I am not a morning person.

I am not a morning person.

Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want...

Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want...

I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research....

I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research....

Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again,...

Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again,...

I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes.

I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes.

If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder.

If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder.

I think like a detective.

I think like a detective.

What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you...

What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you...

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that...

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that...

If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled...

If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled...

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe...

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe...

I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds...

I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds...

Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly...

Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly...

Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go.

Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go.

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down...

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down...

I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch...

I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch...