Libraries rock! Not a sermon, just a fact. As a kid I was a library rat and books changed my life. They can change yours.

Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.

Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!

Anyone who's lived has lost somebody.

I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good.

It's not getting from A to B. It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between...This train is alive with things that should be seen and heard. It's a living, breathing something -- you just have to want to learn its rhythm.

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