Envy, bleating 'I'm as good as you', is the hotbed of Fascism.

CHALLENGES BUILD CHARACTER.

I love the Swedish people for their detective novels, their archipelago, their sense of humor, their carbonated vodka, and most especially, for their wonderful hospitality.

My dad was a dentist but I wasn't a hygienist. I assisted my dad.

This is a very fickle business. It's really about how much you value the other things in your life. I still value too many other things more than I do fame.

But on the other hand, I look back at my career sometimes and can't believe how fast everything has gone and how much I've been able to accomplish.

Art can heal it if art is allowed to exist. And if art is slowly wiped off the face of the planet, then what tools do we have to reach people, to appeal to them and all of their senses?

To what degree are historians chroniclers of the truth and to what degree are they just novelists, frankly?

My purpose as a writer is to communicate in such a way as to challenge the thinking of readers and touch their hearts.

It is folly to shiver over last year's snow.

I think it's real important to enjoy what you do, have fun with it and not to put the pressure on yourself of everyone watching.