A preoccupation with the next world clearly shows an inability to cope credibly with this one.

When a man you know to be of sound mind tells you his recently deceased mother has just tried to climb in his bedroom window and eat him, you only have two basic options. You can smell his breath, take his pulse and check his pupils to see if he's ingested anything nasty, or you can believe him.

Take what is offered and that must sometimes be enough.

I think by definition you need to have lived a little bit to write anything that's humanly true.

If you don’t know the men at your back by name, don’t be surprised if they won’t follow you into battle. On the other hand, don’t be surprised if they will, either, because there are countless other factors you must take into account. Leadership is a slippery commodity, not easily manufactured or understood.

I have so little patience with the whole Y.A. book thing. As far as I'm concerned, you either read books for children or you read books for adults.

The way I see it, anyone who's proud of their country is either a thug or just hasn't read enough history yet.