Writers, all the good ones, are Natural Born Liars.
I'm a nerd and you bet I love what I do. I am so damn good at it.
You can have data without information, but you cannot have information without data.
An attempt to write nothing but characterization will soon bog down; I for one don't want to have somebody tell me about someone else.
Police do not belong in war zones.
Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories.