It was like passing the scene of a highway accident and being relieved to learn that nobody had been seriously injured.

To capture the human cost of fallen empire with all its horror and absurdity, Sheets offers the right combination: the political insight of a top reporter and the power of a novelist.

It was like passing the scene of a highway accident and being relieved to learn that nobody had been seriously injured.

High Concept means a book or a film whose core idea can be stated in a single sentence, such as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are twins. Or, Arnold is pregnant.

Happiness is the maximum agreement of reality and desire.

You have to be an outsider to write.

The research is the most interesting part… That’s how I work. I go some place and I walk it and I talk to people until I find what I’ve come for. Or not. Fortunately, I tend to find what I’m after.