All field agents have some cowboy in them – even the ones from New York.

It is a principle of diplomacy that one must know something of the truth in order to lie convincingly.

The only real difference between a wise man and a fool, Moore knew, was that the wise man tended to make more serious mistakes—and only because no one trusted a fool with really crucial decisions; only the wise had the opportunity to lose battles, or nations.

Every person you meet - and everything you do in life - is an opportunity to learn something.

Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer.

There are only two ways we can be beaten: we die or we give up. And we're not giving up.

(Stereotyping) is only for those without the imagination to see people as they are instead of being like someone else they understand.