Fear could paralyse. Action was the antidote.

She wanted to say 'I love you like a thunderstorm, like a lion, like a helpless rage'.

You never know," Jack said speculatively. "There may come a time when savages like William Hamleigh aren't in power; when the laws protect the ordinary people instead of enslaving them; when the king makes peace instead of war. Think of that - a time when towns in England don't need walls!

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

Culture clash is terrific drama.

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.

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.