I'm not looking to write the great American novel, win a Pulitzer or teach history. I write to entertain my readers.

Packed with detailsplendidly depicts passion, brutality, and cultures in conflict.

Could it possibly be that he yearned for some of the same things she yearned for? Love. Someone to call your own. Someone to share the joys and the sorrows of life.

What is the fear of God? The grace to shun evil.

We become equally responsible for the actions of others the instant we become conscious of what they are doing wrong but remain silent because we think it is right.

There are things that have to be done and you do them and you never talk about them.They can't be justified.You just do them.Then you forget it.

A lot of athletes use sports psychologists.

Do not love leisure. Waste not a minute. Be bold. Realize the Truth, here and now!

For one word a man is often deemed to be wise, and for one word he is often deemed to be foolish. We should be careful indeed what we say.

I always like to have an atlas just so that I can find things out. It's always good to have an almanac; those sort of things.

The one way of guaranteeing to fail is to assume that we will.

Scientists don't believe anything.Scientists test things.

I believe we can proactively choose to believe whatever we want instead of merely letting our beliefs coalesce as reactions to events.