Terrorism is not an expression of rage. Terrorism is a political weapon. Remove a government's facade of infallibility, and you remove it's people's faith.

This is systems security for the Central Intelligence Agency. We would like to know why you are attempting to hack one of our classified databases.

I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they're written from a skeptical point of view.

I still get up every morning at 4 A.M. I write seven days a week, including Christmas. And I still face a blank page every morning, and my characters don't really care how many books I've sold.

The truth can be glimpsed only through the eyes of death.

Science tells me God must exist. My mind tells me I will never understand God. And my heart tells me I am not meant to.

Men in power are always interested in greater power.