We don't run out of stories, because of the characters. But also every year, the NFL, like a crazy rich uncle we never see, just drops some stories off at our door.

Fantasy football is actually an amazing American pastime, because it takes the ultimate team sport, NFL and football, and turns it into the quest for individual achievement.

We always want to let people leave with some sort of like, "Great, I want to see more." Not, "Oh my God, that's still on?"

Your mother told you all that I could give you was a reputation.

The older I get and the more fiction I write, the more I outline, the more I think about plot before I dive in and plunge too far.

Marriage is a linchpin in many womens lives, but many other things can create a satisfying life. I adore my career. It stretches every physical, emotional, and intellectual muscle I have.

I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.

Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation rather than simple historical fact to weave my stories around.

I don't know if I'm so righteous.

Arguments hardly affect the faithful- their beliefs have an entirely different foundation.

On the Republican playing field, Republicans always win.

Somehow, as a writer, you tend to use words to paper over structural cracks.

Our days of praise shall ne'er be past While life, and thought, and being last, And immortality endures.