Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God.

His experience and training should have taught him that families are the cauldrons in which violence is brewed. (144)

Just because others have it worse doesn’t mean you have to suffer in silence.

Government is like junior high. Your status depends upon whom you're able to persecute.

Time spent researching varies from book to book. Some novels require months, even years of research, others very little. I try to do most of my research before I begin but inevitably questions emerge during the writing.

Optimism is denial for chumps with no life experience". "What's pessimism?" I said. "Religion without God.

Without sounding pompous, I really do feel that I have a set of standards that I must adhere to, even leaving aside considerations of what the readers expect.