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

the difference between a rebel and a patriot depends upon who is in power at the moment.

I think that's because believable action is based on authenticity, and accuracy is very important to me. I always spend time researching my novels, exploring the customs and attitudes of the county I'm using for their setting.

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

Another woman approached me while I was having lunch at the Russian Tea Room in New York and told me that the reason she had become a lawyer was because she had read 'Rage of Angels'. To me, that kind of feedback has more meaning than any sales figures.

He believed nothing he was told and trusted no one.

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.