Laurell K. Hamilton

What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why.

I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that are already in print.

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

Shaft was a pop culture figure along t he lines of, I guess, Dirty Harry - except that he wasn't as much of a racist. So yeah, I was always a fan.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons.