Confidence is inspiring. Yet so often misplaced. (Robert Thornhill)

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

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.

That's what civilization sometimes did to threats, real or perceived. They walled them off. Us against them. Survival of the fittest. You die so I can live.

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

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.

Only I could drink a thousand drinks and never forget a damn thing. I would just remember every detail of the thousand drinks down to the shapes of the ice cubes.