The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and what their life has been like.

Confidence is one thing, disrespect is quite another. (Justice Elizabeth Knight)

Most folks here got rules 'bout trespassing. Warning shot's fired right close to the head. Get they's attention. Next shot gets a lot more personal. Now I'm too old to waste time firing a warning shot.

It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have.

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

But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.

The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and what their life has been like.