Peter Straub

I believe I encountered death, which was a bit too much for a seven-year-old.

There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might not corrupt an eager but innocent youth.

The actual Blue Rose murders, which lie at the core of the three novels, yield various incorrect solutions which assume the status of truth.

History is only conjecture, and the best historians try to do it as accurately as they can. They try to accurately reassemble the facts and then put them down on paper.

Doubt is part of all religion. All the religious thinkers were doubters.

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