
Only the forgotten are truly dead.
― Tess Gerritsen, The Sinner

All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.
—Neil Gaiman

“I know there’s evil in the world, and there always has been. But you don’t need to believe in Satan or demons to explain it. Human beings are perfectly capable of evil all by themselves.”
― Tess Gerritsen, The Mephisto Club

The philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote that when you look into the darkness of the abyss the abyss looks into you. Probably no other line or thought more inspires or informs my work.
– Michael Connelly


A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.
– George R. R. Martin

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.
—Louis L’Amour