One of the most talented writers out there is Brian Haig.

No matter how bad you think you have it, there's always - always somebody who's got it way, way worse.

...any form of government that required the repression, imprisonment, and execution of those who disagreed with it was certainly not a government of the people.

I'm a bit of a Libertarian.

I have been blessed to have the same editor and work for a great publishing house.

When I was writing my first novel a friend told me I should apply for a grant from the government that was offered to support starving artists. I can't tell you how much this deeply offended me. I told her in very clear language that I thought it was ridiculous to think that other Americans ought to pay for me to chase my dream. Anybody who understands pride and self-determination gets this. So I bartended at night, I wrote during the day, and I paid for my own damn insurance. I didn't expect anybody else to pick it up for me.

And when I go around and talk to schools, what I tell the kids are, first of all, you have to accept each other's differences. Some of you are going to be a crappy football player, some of you are going to be a great mathematician. Whatever it is, accept each other's differences and help prop each other up.