I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.

You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.

If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say

In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.

When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level.

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about.

I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block

Everyday. Every single day I watched how big the tree was. How magnificent that. One day just like that I climbed it. That day everything changed. Neither was the tree same to me nor was I anymore.

Leadership must come from all of us -- the private, public, and civil sectors.

Civilization was a relentless war that man was doomed to lose eventually. - Pg. 195

You know I'll be Your Life Your VoiceYour Reason To BeMy Love My Heart Is Breathing For this Moment in TimeI'll Find the words to sayBefore You leave me Today

It is hard to think of anything which more tragically and clearly exemplifies the phenomenon of good political intentions achieving the precise opposite of their aim.

Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you. I'll not willingly offend, nor be easily offended.

We don't want to fight, but by jingo if we do, We've got the ships, we've got the men, we've got the money too.

The curtains were made for moving Cause you know sometimes you're not always there

If we love Jesus, we shall be loved in return by Him, and that is perfect happiness.

Set the gearshift for the high gear of your soul. You've got to run like an antelope, out of control.