I Don't Discuss Works In Progress.

Two Questions Form The Foundation Of All Novels: "what If?" And "what Next?" (a Third Question, "what Now?", Is One The Author Asks Himself Every 10 Minutes Or So; But It's More A Cry Than A Question.) Every Novel Begins With The Speculative Question, What If "x" Happened? That's How You Start.

Privacy And Loneliness Were The Traditional Luxuries Accorded To A Skipper.

What The Government Is Good At Is Collecting Taxes, Taking Away Your Freedoms And Killing People. It's Not Good At Much Else.

The General Difference Between Conservatives And Liberals Is That Liberals Like Pretty Pictures And Conservatives Like To Build Bridges That People Can Drive Across.

Anti-catholicism Is The Last Respectable Prejudice. You Can't Hate Black People Anymore, Of Course, And You Can't Hate Homosexuals Anymore, But You Can Hate All The Catholics You Want.