I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in a monastery and never met any women, maybe it would be difficult.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.

She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.

When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.

The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."

Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.

The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you.

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

Faith doesn't mean you never doubt. It only means you never act upon your doubts.

Peace comes to those who let others live in peace.

It takes great faith to fight the odds in life.

You cannot expect a corrupt law enforcement system to prosecute the illegal activities of corporations and their government minions.

Of all challenges, convincing dumb ones is the most difficult. Manipulation works better in such cases if your heart allows.

These books are my friends, my companions.

In a boom, envy; in a bust, anger.

Grilling, broiling, barbecuing - whatever you want to call it - is an art, not just a matter of building a pyre and throwing on a piece of meat as a sacrifice to the gods of the stomach.

Keep your eyes open, take risks, and whenever possible, don't think of things the way everyone else does.

what could i do to make the one i loved love me back ?