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

I try to use short sentences, short paragraphs and short chapters to keep the reader's interest.

I think it's more difficult now to write a spy thriller with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many authors have tried, but few have succeeded in capturing the interest of readers.

How you handle life depends a lot on how you handle plan B, or if you have a plan B.

I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'.

Mrs. Corey still uses her maiden name for business, or when she wants to pretend she doesn’t know me.

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.