I'm scattered, and then that last hundred pages, bam, I'm a laser.

Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appoinment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it's gone, it doesn't comeback.

I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.

But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.

People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice.

As my father wrote, one's courage, hope, and spirit can be severely tried by the happenstance of life. But as I learned on this Virginia mountain, so long as one never loses faith, it is impossible to ever truly be alone.