They hadnt enjoyed each others company in years. Talking led to screaming and both were sick of the fights.

Every Adventure Has a Back Story. When we look at our past relationships, often there are one or two we may tend to go back to in our minds, and we see them through the magic of the seven veils.

We all have struggle in our lives. We're all searching for personal freedom, whether we're in a bad place or trying to be true to ourselves.

When I turn my mind's eye upon myself, I understand that I am a thing which is incomplete and dependent on another and which aspires without limit to ever greater and better things...

Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster.

On the whole, my impression is that mercy bears richer fruits than any other attribute.

Even [Ernst] Hemingway, perhaps the most intentionally non-political of American writers, became passionately partisan during the Spanish Civil War.

There is nothing fatherly about time and what it does to us, either.

Like most playwrights, I hate talkbacks with a passion that can burn a hole through hell.

When I got out of my Twenties I stopped playing women that were victims. I like playing women who are strong and have a piece of mind.

The only way to keep a secret in Washington, if you are the one person who knows it, is never to tell another living soul.

I think the best part of being an author is that I get to learn about anything I want and explain it away as research.

Occasionally, the book tells stories that would likely grate on senior management – but that is what free speech is all about.