I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer.

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

I'd never believed in luck. Never had any cause to. Never relied on it, because I never could.

It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?

I felt alienated by the experience and decided to stay away from corporate employment.

I'm twenty-nine, yes really, I'm from Aspen, Colorado, I'm six feet one, yes really, I've been at Quantico two years, yes I date guys, no I dress like this just because I like it, no I'm not married, no I don't currently have a boyfriend, and no I don't want to have dinner with you tonight.

A calm environment is for after I finish work.