Keep at it! The one talent that's indispensable to a writer is persistence. You must write the book, else there is no book. It will not finish itself. Do not try to commit art. Just tell the damned story.

The tactics...no, amateurs discuss tactics,.... Professional soldiers study logistics.

Information, knowledge, is power. If you can control information, you can control people.

I understand why we do that now. It’s a help, not a threat. It’s something to remind you how important words are. Ideas are important. Principles are important. Words are important. Your word is the most important of all. Your word is who you are.

My life is a very simple life thank you

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

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense.