"Both Rowling and Meyer, they’re speaking directly to young people. … The real difference is that Jo Rowling is a terrific writer and Stephenie Meyer can’t write worth a darn. She’s not very good."
"I am, he thought dimly, watching a vampire take a piss."
"If you don’t have the time to do something right, where are you going to find the time to fix it?"
"Speaking personally, you can have my gun, but you'll take my book when you pry my cold, dead fingers off of the binding."
"Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame."
"The trick is to teach yourself to read in small sips as well as long swallows."