"I'm a writer, not a politician. My job is to ask questions, not to provide answers."

"The best way to predict the future is to create it."

"Sometimes you have to choose between a life of meaning and a life of comfort."

"A good book is a good book is a good book. And if it's a bit of a page-turner, so much the better."

"A writer’s life is a highly vulnerable, almost naked activity. We don’t have to weep about that. The writer makes his choice and is stuck with it."