Quotes from Laurell K. Hamilton

I don't want him hurt because he got out of hand with me." "Yet you would have shot him." I shrugged. "I never said I was consistent, just serious.

Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks.

You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice.

One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane.

Every relationship is messed up. What makes it really perfect is if you still want to be there when things suck.

Oh, I'll enjoy myself. I want to make sure you enjoy yourself." "Why?" I said. "If you enjoy yourself, then there's a better chance you'll want to be with me again.

How could you love someone and not want them to be happy?

It would be nice if you'd stop almost killing me because you don't want to screw other peo­ple.

Everyone wants to grow up to be a faerie princess. Trust me, It's overrated

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book.

Zerbrowski said, "Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try." It took me a second to realize that he had just quoted Star Wars to me. It made me smile, and in that moment I loved him, just for that.

Larry is back in town...The wedding is set for October. Tammy is threatening to have me in the wedding. Some friends they are.

The true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs." You have to love Anita Blake.

Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is their own.

For me the Anita series is built like a mystery series, which means that as much as possible each book stands alone, so you have a mystery to solve from the beginning to the end of the book.

Maybe they know what I know, that the true way to a man's heart is six inches of metal between his ribs. Sometimes four inches will do the job, but to be really sure, I like to have six.

Sometimes the monsters are real . . . Sometimes they're real and the only way to defeat them is to be the bigger monster.

Life's a bitch," I said. And then you die," Larry finished for me.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.

Sometimes it's not the optimist you need, but another pessimist to walk beside you and know, absolutely know, that the sound in the dark is a monster, and it really is as bad as you think. Did that sound hopeless? It didn't feel hopeless. It felt reassuring. It felt - real.

Before I knew you, I thought brave was not being afraid. You've taught me that bravery is being terrified and doing it anyway.

For me the Anita series is built like a mystery series, which means that as much as possible each book stands alone, so you have a mystery to solve from the beginning to the end of the book.

Can the sarcasm,' he said. 'Please, I always use fresh sarcasm, never canned.