I think that as people and as humans, our social pattern is to always run away from problems. . . as humans in general.
Knowing you’re worthless doesn’t give you value any more than knowing you are a captive sets you free.
Thrillers provide the reader with a safe escape into a dangerous world where the stakes are as high as can be imagined with unpredictable outcomes. It's a perfect genre in which to explore hard issues of good and evil, a mirror that allows the reader to see both the good and not so good in themselves.
Dive deep. Drown willingly
For me, writing is an experience. It's an exercise in which I want to discover myself by taking my characters to the edges of human experience, to the edges of themselves and then, asking certain questions - about love, what does it mean to love? What's beauty? What is true beauty?
How can you hope to recognize good and evil for what they truly are if you have no belief in a moral authority greater than yourself?
He read reports, examined evidence, and poured more reports up the chain than the Pentagon could read. Nothing short of a human sieve. But in the end he was just one small piece on this game board called war. End of story
Santa Fe is a great place which people don't get there often, but it's like a unique place.
The United States, for its part, downgraded from low-level to complete withdrawal, much to the regret of other delegates such as the Reverend Jesse Jackson, President-for-Life of the People’s Republic of Himself.
I did not create my life, so I have no right to negate my life.
Women seem to be all right on bargains till it comes to picking out a husband.