When I write fiction, I create characters whose views are not my own, and I allow them to be eloquent in defense of their, not my, views.

There's only one thing that will make them stop hating you. And that's being so good at what you do that they can't ignore you

The only people who ever prize purity of ignorance are those who profit from a monopoly on knowledge.

Soldiers can sometimes make decisions that are smarter than the orders they've been given.

There's always hope... even when there isn't faith. And sometimes, without hope or faith, there must be charity.

Everybody dies. What matters is what you do between now and when it happens to you.

We were all fated to die, and so it is good that at least we can be sure our deaths today might bring about a good end, might make the world a better place.