I'm fascinated by power, especially veiled power. Shadow power. The National Security Agency. The National Reconnaissance Office. Opus Dei. The idea that everything happens for reasons we're not quite seeing.

Sometimes all it takes is a tiny shift of perspective to see something familiar in a totally new light.

It's not about what you tell the reader, it's about what you conceal.

Knowledge is a tool, and like all tools, its impact is in the hands of the user.

Secrets interest us all, I think.

Nobody tells you what you can and can't do.

Imagine how they would have mocked you if you proclaimed, 'Not only is the world a sphere, but there is an invisible, mystical force that holds everything to its surface'!