My favorite period is World War II, and I'm in the middle of writing my fourth novel set in that era.

Hard work should be rewarded by good food.

World War II is the greatest drama in human history, the biggest war ever and a true battle of good and evil. I imagine writers will continue to get stories from it, and readers will continue to love them, for many more years.

When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

I’ve worked with volunteers before,” he began. “It’s important not to… not to treat them like servants. We may feel that they are laboring to obtain a heavenly reward, and should therefore work harder than they would for money; but they don’t necessarily take that attitude. They feel they’re working for nothing, and doing a great kindness to us thereby; and if we seem ungrateful they will work slowly and make mistakes. It will be best to rule them with a light touch.

Why did people manufacture trouble when there was already so much of it in the world?

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.