I used to be, when I was young, I used to be extremely regular and very organized.

A reversal is just anything that's a surprise. It's a way of keeping the audience interested.

Everyone I know who used to be in the intelligence community is moving into the corporate world.

Ambiguity depletes as your budget rises.

I love the idea of spies in love. How would it work between two people who were so programmed to lie and be suspicious, who have a whole life based on pretence?

You have to know human behaviour … And the quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behaviour. You’ll never write above what you know about people.

The people in the Philippines are so extraordinarily nice.

No one can help you write. No one can teach you how to write.

Different people work different ways.

Fear changes everything. We're animals, and when we get afraid we act like animals. I'm not exempt from that.

I never really like it when other writers talk about coming in behind people and rewriting.

Every flower blooms at a different pace.

Faith in God gives us joy. It is a certainty of His glorious blessings.

We put ourselves through hell and that is hell.

Everyone has a dream, so why not dream big... it just might happen!

The learned are envied by the foolish; rich men by the poor; chaste women by adulteresses; and beautiful ladies by ugly ones.

You gotta be crazy to open your windows, invite the demons in.

Yeah, I've always sung, and I always try to find a way for music to be in my life.

Music has the power to unite us. It proves that by working together, we can create something truly beautiful.

As soon as you are willing to say 'it's not for you', you're freed up to make art.

So how are things going along? Pretty good. Going to be good tomorrow? Hope so.