And therefore only the enlightened sovereign and the worthy general who are able to use the most intelligent people as agents are certain to achieve great things.
My work is to know the characters intimately and to tell their story.
Writing is my obsession, my passion. My relationship with it is one of the most complex and agonizing and richly vexing that I have in my life.
Don't shame the young for releasing their pent-up fear.
I am deeply Catholic and always will be, but I'm no longer a member of the church. I left in 2003 because of the sex abuse scandal.
I'm a writer of faith. I was raised Catholic, and I have a deeply Catholic imagination.
I write across genres so I see them, more often, as complementary instead of separated by boundaries.
Fill the day with enthusiasm. Give the day all you've got and it will give you all it's got, which will be plenty.
Be at peace with yourself first and then you will be able to bring peace to others.
But the Earth holds ghosts, even of entire nations.
Is it really not possible to touch the gaming table without being instantly infected by superstition?