Try to leave the Earth a better place than when you arrived.

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.

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.

A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.

He believed nothing he was told and trusted no one.

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.

I was scared. Do you know what it's like to hold someone else's life in your hands? It's like playing God. Can you think of anything scarier than that?