If words can be lethal weapons, I must provide them with an arsenal.

Good people can't out-think evil, cause evil thinks of things good folks can't think of.

I have never resisted the lord in my life, and I never will. But I'm not so hungry for dialogue with him that I have to make up his part as well as my own.

O my son Absalom,' Bean said softly, knowing for the first time the kind of anguish that could tear such words from a man’s mouth. 'my son, my son Absalom. Would God I could die for thee, O Absalom, my son. My sons!

Writing sessions can last an hour or sixteen hours, depending on how it's going.

You want to make me the best soldier possible. Go down and look at the standings. Look at the all-time standings. So far you're doing an excellent job with me. Congratulations. Now when are you going to put me up against a good army?

None of us could be happy for long, doing nothing.