If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

It's really scary when you have a moment of temporary sanity.

Even the most radical Islamic terrorist would not want to see the revered holy city of Medina go up. It would be like losing the Vatican in Rome.

I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.

We're all pilgrims on the same journey but some pilgrims have better road maps.

The meaning of life has not much to do with good and evil, right and wrong, duty, honor, country, or any of that. It has to do with cutting the right deal.

I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my typist.