"I believe in the power of fiction to reveal deeper truths about life."

No arts; no letters; no society; and which is worst of all, continual fear, and danger of violent death; and the life of man, solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short.

Adventure should be 80 percent planning and 20 percent sheer guts.

Laugh, and the world laughs with you; weep, and you weep alone.