In a world we find terrifying, we ratify that which doesn't threaten us.

We're all put to the test... but it never comes in the form or at the point we would prefer, does it?

No one enjoys being equal.

My idea of perfect happiness is a healthy family, peace between nations, and all the critics die.

Luck, if there is such a thing, is either going to favor everyone equally or going to exhibit a preference for the prepared.

Writing a novel is an incredibly free experience. One puts one's self in a narrative mode. You can go off in any direction - the past, the future, or go laterally, or include one's own beliefs. It's total freedom.

We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder ‘censorship,’ we call it ‘concern for commercial viability.