Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.

Nevertheless, the book gave Jack a feeling he had never had before, that the past was like a story, in which one thing led to another, and the world was not a boundless mystery, but a finite thing that could be comprehended.

The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."

I use a professional researcher in New York who does all the legwork, all that stuff which would take me days and weeks of calling, waiting for people to call back.

I could fall for you in a heartbeat

I like reading history, and actually most authors enjoy the research part because it is, after all, easier than writing.

When I'm writing a woman character, I don't think, 'What would a woman do?' I just think, 'What would this character do in this situation?