8 Quotes by P. N. Elrod

People will forgive you for having Mob associates, but let them learn that you visit the stockyards every few nights to drink blood, and it's a pitchfork parade with torches followed by a hammer-and-stake party.

Do you really think anyone needs some kind of notarized statement saying 'Dear Saint Peter, here's another stiff, pass him through the gates, signed, Father McGonnigill.'...'PS: He once had a hot dog on a Friday, but don't hold that against him.'

Fame and fortune are as hard to find as a lightning strike.

Beautifully drawn, solid, compelling characters against a background so real and scary I left the lights on all night. It was great!

As God is my witness, the more I deal with women, the more I like my cat.

I have no discipline, which is a horrible flaw for any writer. Once I'm well started on a project, though, then I'm addicted to it all day long. When it's done, I collapse and have to really kick myself to start a new one.

Real people - the interesting ones, anyway - don't remain static, and neither do the ones I write about. Changes take place, and they react to them.

I'll have to self-publish it because unless you're on the 'New York Times' bestseller lists, anthologies don't sell all that well. However, low sales to a big publisher are a major success to a small one!