When are you at your most defenseless?

It has been the dream of very few men to rule the entire world. - Dr. Grief

My favorite part of writing a book is thinking up the ideas, and that can start a long time before I actually sit down at my desk.

Alternatively you can twist the cylinder round twice clockwise; that turns it into a hand grenade. Five-second fuse. I tested it on one of my assistants. Poor old Bennett... he should be out of hospital in a couple of months.

But then, he thought, most politicians are small and shabby, the sort of people who have been bullied at school. That's why they become politicians.

There's a dream world that we visit sometimes and that's how we found out who we are.

What were you going to do with it?” McCain asked. "I just thought it might come in useful.” "Were you planning to attack me?” "No. But that’s a good idea.