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?

President Wilson says a leader must treat public opinion the way a sailor deals with the wind, using it to blow the ship in one direction or another, but never trying to go directly against it.

He had been granted his life's wish-but conditionally.

What she needs,' Tom said aloud 'is a husband.' Agnes said crisply, 'Well, she can't have mine.

Culture clash is terrific drama.

I read mostly fiction, a lot of 19th-century novels.

His aim was the glory of God, but the glory of Philip pleased him too.