I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it

I admire people who are, by nature, kind and fair to others.

If. A two-letter word for futility.

Business is a game, played for fantastic stakes, and you're in competition with experts. If you want to win, you have to learn to be a master of the game.

I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.

Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.

When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.