There is no point in asking a man a question until you have established whether he has any reason to lie to you.

Man who betrayed you once would betray you twice.

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.

I am very fond of Edith Wharton. She's quite high brow but also a great storyteller. My favorite is 'The House of Mirth.' I also like 'The Reef.

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.

Most of my stories have some basis in fact.

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