I always want to write something better than the last book.

... "You may not see the ocean, but right now we are in the middle of the ocean, and we have to keep swimming.

I wrote a novel about the combat experiences I didn't have in Vietnam.

God gives us humans everything we need to flourish, but he's not the one who's supposed to divvy up the loot. That charge was laid upon us

The hardest thing was learning to write. I was 13, and the only writing I had done was for Social Studies. It consisted of copying passages right out of the encyclopedia

Public education rests precariously on the skill and virtue of the people at the bottom of the institutional pyramid.

I do believe that enduring geological features are important, though I don't think I can be clear about exactly why.