Every man is a prisoner, and the greatest irony of all is to be the prisoner of another man.

God cannot take sides; for He is in all of us. We are all a part of Him, and when we try to destroy Him, we destroy ourselves.

Abraham Lincoln because he was a man filled with great compassion who believed that all men are created free and equal, and was not afraid to stand on that platform. The way Lincoln lived his life has served me well in mine.

you are my sun, and if the sun went out, the shadow would die.

My heroes are those who risk their lives every day to protect our world and make it a better place - police, firefighters and members of our armed forces.

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

I try to give both my heroes and villains an emotional dimensionality which provides the motivation for their actions.