From the outside, the CIA seems pretty exotic, but from the inside, it's a big bureaucratic place. Think 'post office with spies.'

If you focus on the risks, they'll multiply in your mind and eventually paralyze you. You want to focus on the task, instead, on doing what needs to be done.

Anger, and the self-righteousness that is both the cause and consequence of anger, tends to be easier on the psyche than personal responsibility.

I wandered the earth a mercenary, daring the gods to kill me but surviving because part of me was already dead.

The two most important things to do for self-defense are not to take a martial arts class or get a gun, but to think like the opposition and know where you're most at risk.

I love Japan, and Tokyo is my favorite city.

If the reader cares, I dont think it matters so much whether your hero is in fact an anti-hero.

The National Surveillance State doesn't want anyone to be able to communicate without the authorities being able to monitor that communication.

The post office actually achieves its mission. I wish we could say the same of the CIA.

The job of the screenplay is to identify and extract the essence of the story from the novel and reconfigure it for the screen, maintaining its essence in a different vehicle.

Overall, one of the things that excites me most about self-publishing is that the highest-value use of my time in promoting the books will be found in writing more of them.

Happiness cannot be owned.It is in living in the spiritual experience of living every breath, that lets us taste a moment of it.

This is so weird. They're your brother and aunt." "No, I understand. They're your family too." Rhys said. "They loved you and raised you. That's what family is, right?

Purusing peace means rising above one's own wants, needs, and emotions.

Inspiration is constantly in the air. It's up to us to develop the sensitivity to pick up on it.

but the idea of the Dark Lord in possesion of the Deathstick is, I must admit, formidable.

As you grow older, you'll find that you enjoy talking to strangers far more than to your friends.

You can prosper, no matter what the economy is doing.

Don’t read Variety. Don’t listen to gossip. Don’t live in L.A., and write.

Quality rather than quantity distinguishes the master.

I did one or two plays at school. Once I played a tree, so I never thought I would be a good actor.