To my three sons, Peter, Scott, and Alexander who pulled me from the 18th Century and back into the present on a regular basis and therefore made me a better person, thank you. And to my wife, who sits at the table there. Who is right about almost everything.

I would say readers can trust my work more than anyone else's.

Remember sometimes just the rush of having a crush is a temptation, even if it is inappropriate, but beware of playing with fire, you will get burned.

To my three sons, Peter, Scott, and Alexander who pulled me from the 18th Century and back into the present on a regular basis and therefore made me a better person, thank you. And to my wife, who sits at the table there. Who is right about almost everything.

Because he could not afford to fail, he could not afford to trust.

I'm one of those people that believes you should start writing before you think you're ready.

Some models of self-control are able to achieve their serenity easily because the soul fires never burn brightly to begin with.