I don't have to prove my worth and value to any but those I love, and that I do by being who I am, with confidence that those I love appreciate the good and accept the bad. Does anything else really matter?

Never seem to have a Death Star lying around when you need one.” -Han Solo

Because everything of value that we will know in this life comes from our relationships with those around us. Because there is nothing material that measures against the intangibles of love and friendship.

Definitely they write themselves. It's an amazing experience. It's like the characters have come alive and are sitting on my shoulder talking to me, telling me their tales.

There's way too much pain in this business for anyone who doesn't HAVE to write.

To view current events as a historian is to account for all perspectives, even those of your enemy

Writing a book for me, I expect, is very similar to the experience of reading the book for my readers.