Often, a serial killer has no felony record.

Last but not least among serial killer methodologies, we have women who kill their own children.

Many of the less prolific killers' stories go unheard because they simply don't make good books.

All serial killers want to win. They choose victims they can kill successfully.

We struggle to understand how any mother could kill her own children.

There are two kinds of serial killers as far as the victim is concerned: the kind that you don't see before they pounce on you and the kind you see and don't expect to pounce on you.

Most well-known serial killers have victims numbering in the dozens, have sent taunting letters to the police or have done bizarre things to the bodies.

Often I am asked if there is any such thing as a female serial killer.

The accepted definition of a serial killer is a person who kills at least three times with a cooling off period in between his murders.

Killers can seem smart when you can't figure out who they are.

In reality, those rare few cases with good forensic evidence are the ones that make it to court.

In reality, serial killers are of average intelligence.

Since there are only so many ways to kill a person, a good portion of homicides look pretty much alike.

Serial killing is not about sex at all, but about power and control and revenge on society.

Telling the community a serial killer is out there stirs up a lot of unpleasant attention.

Serial killers kill for the power and control they experience during the murders and for the added ego boost they get in the aftermath from community fears, media coverage, and the police investigations.

Evidence can vary depending on the circumstances, the weather, and how long it has been hanging around.

Often, a serial killer has no felony record.

Serial killers are everywhere! Well, perhaps not in our neighborhood, but on our television screens, at the movie theatres, and in rows and rows of books at our local Borders or Barnes and Noble Booksellers.

While there are many wonderful police investigators out there doing some very fine work, the majority of the time it is not brains that catches serial killers.

Nowadays, with much more racial and ethnic mixing, we are seeing serial killers murdering a variety of victims; whoever comes along will most likely do.

We assume people we know can't be serial killers.

Police are reluctant to label a murder as a possible serial homicide.

The most important issue for the killer is the ability to get a victim easily and successfully.

Without solid connections between homicides, we may have the reverse problem of believing three local murders are the work of one serial killer when they may actually be the work of three!

Outside of dumb luck, the number one way serial killers are caught is through the help of the public.

Using MO to link crimes can be problematic.

While we are being fascinated by the tales of famous serial killers and how they were brought to justice, the real serial killer goes about his business with hardly a thought to being caught.

There are many more serial killers living outside the prison walls than inside.

The one noticeable similarity with almost all serial killer victims is their short height and low weight.

What does signature mean? Supposedly these are the added touches that make the crime personal to the killer.

I have always been a left-winger and an outsider. I loved being that. I was perfectly cheerful with that role. Then suddenly, you're one of the talking heads on 'Nightline,' and you think you must have sold out.

When I have time, I really enjoy cooking.

Actually ninety-nine percent of my acting has nothing to do sci-fi or fantasy, I consider it a good part of my acting, and enjoy the roles I play.

For all who draw the sword will die by the sword.

My first yak was fairly quiet and looked a noble steed with my Mexican saddle and gay blanket among rather than upon his thick black locks. His back seemed as broad as that of an elephant, and with his slow, sure, resolute step, he was like a mountain in motion.

An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all.

Social media, for all of its limitations, is rarely irrelevant. The stream of updates on your Facebook page, for instance, is algorithmically engineered to be darn-near irresistible.

There are so many great characters because one of the things that makes Batman fantastic is that Batman is tragic. I've said this elsewhere; I've said it over and over again, but the beauty of the character is that he's a Don Quixote.

Even if you have some extra kilos, you don't need to kill yourself for that; you just have to look at yourself as a positive.

A Christian should use these arts to the glory of God not just as tracts mind you but as things of beauty to the praise of God. An art work can be a doxology in itself.

Dragons, to my way of thinking, are just another 'race' of sapient characters. We see lots of elves, dwarves, orcs, goblins, giants and, of course, dragons.

We never try and reinvent the past. We try to look forward to whats going on ... We dont have a set plan you might have ideas or a different set pieces you might use to put inside your puzzle but its like you always have to look forward to whats beyond from where you just came from.

I think because my life is so insane and it's constantly going at 120 miles per hour, my favorite thing to do is sit at home in front of the TV and check out.

The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability.

The Smithsonian museums are among this country's most endearing treasures and I look forward to helping maintain and enhance their coveted works of art.

Don't mistake niceness for weakness.

Some readers may be disturbed that I wrote 'The Secret Life of Emily Dickinson' in Emily's own voice. I wasn't trying to steal her thunder or her music. I simply wanted to imagine my way into the head and heart of Emily Dickinson.

I'm a Golden Globe nominee, yes. It's very nice. It's a very nice thing, but I kind of think of all the awards I wasn't ever nominated for, for years and things.