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

The Dalai Lama. He is a very wise man of great inner peace who believes that happiness is the purpose of our lives. Through his teachings and leadership, he continues to make this world a better place in which to live.

I always spend time exploring the customs and attitudes of the countries I'm using for locations, and interviewing the people who live there. I've visited over 90 countries thus far.

You have two choices. you can keep running and hiding and blaming the world for your problems, or you can stand up for yourself and decide to be somebody important.

What I do is put my characters into situations that are so precarious there is no way to get out. And then I figure how to get them out.

It moves at its own measured pace, for it has no reason to hurry. Tomorrow will come in its own good time.

He believed nothing he was told and trusted no one.