Carrying a loaded firearm is the gateway crime to committing a murder.

Peace is such hard work. Harder than war. It takes way more effort to forgive than to kill.

One eye sees, the other feels.

And prayer? How could you pray to a God you wanted to hit?

They say, timing is everything. But then they say, there is never a perfect time for anything.

Life is much more interesting when you make a little bit of effort.

You don't need qualifications as an actor or a politician. And I didn't want to be a politician.

It would be hard to find a more compelling example of the American dream than Alberto Gonzales.

Virtue is its own reward.

My grandfather was born in India and three generations of my family served there.

A first novel should be brash and ambitious, and announce the arrival of a new talent.