Yes, I was a badass all right. And I no longer felt like I needed someone, but instead WANTED someone to share this newfound badassery with. I deserved the best. Anything else wouldn't do.

An ability to look into the confusing mess of life and see things for what they are.

They were involved in that awkward procedure of getting to unknow each other.

By the late '70s I had come to question the point of a great deal of what we were doing, in terms of the CIA's overall charter.

Generosity isn't an act. It's a way of life.

My grandfather gave me inspiration to cook, and love food and flavors. My Aunt Raffie, gave me creativity and the inspiration to create new things. My mother inspires me to find simplicity in food.

A little noiseless noise among the leaves, Born of the very sigh that silence heaves.

I think he [President Clinton] was probably the brightest President of the 20th century.

I like funny guys and those, for some reason, tend to be nerdy guys.

The writing can be its own reward, as you discover more things that you can do. It counts a lot, though, when a story connects with a reader and they take the time to tell me about it.

Nowhere, not at sea, does a man feel more lonely than when riding over the far-reaching, seemingly never-ending plains.