People who wear glasses, without them they always look unfocused, vulnerable. Out in the open. A layer removed.

For men, as they get bogged down with responsibilities, commitments, bureaucracy, it is a fantasy just to think of shedding everything literally, walking away with nothing at all, and just hitting the road.

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

I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence.

A handgun at two hundred feet is the same thing as crossing your fingers and making a wish.

I just felt from personal observation that there is nothing more dislocated or alienated than a lifelong military person trying to cope in civilian life. It's like two completely separate planets.

All of us write wish fulfillment.