Why was it, Lloyd wondered, that the people who wanted to destroy everything good about their country were the quickest to wave the national flag?

I aim to be translucent, so you don't notice the words, just their meaning. I haven't much insight into people's motivations.

For success, the author must make the reader care about the destiny of the principals, and sustain this anxiety, or suspense, for about 100,000 words.

But the lesson of Abraham's story is that God demands the best we have to offer, that which is most precious to us.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

Hunger is the best seasoning.

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