I said nothing. I’m good at saying nothing. I don’t like talking. I could go the rest of my life without saying another word, if I had to.

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.

I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity.

This was like July 13th, 1943, the pivotal day of the Battle of the Kursk. We were like Alexander Vasilevsky, the Soviet general. If we attacked now, this minute, we had to keep on and on attacking until the enemy was run off his feet and the war was won. If we bogged down or paused for breath even for a second, we would be overrun again.

I'd been a thriller reader all my life.

Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.