Culture clash is terrific drama.

The thriller is the most popular literary genre of the 20th century.

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 degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you.

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.

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.

Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.