I'm Not Really A Mass Market Writer.

It Takes Me Three Months Of Research And Nine Months Of Work To Produce A Book. When I Start Writing, I Do Two Pages A Day; If I'm Gonna Do 320, That's 160 Days.

I Don't Really Write Plots. I Use History As The Engine That Drives Everything.

Politicians Were Like Talking Dogs In A Circus: The Fact That They Existed Was Uncommonly Interesting, But No Sane Person Would Actually Believe What They Said

I Have A Very Serious Censorship Office Inside My Head; It Censors Things That I Could Tell You That You Would Never Forget, And I Don't Want To Be The Person To Stick That In Your Brain.

You Can't Make Accommodations In Crucial Situations And Be Heroic.