A Police State Is A Country Run

That Young Man Seeks Opportunities To Test His Principles As Readily As A Drunk Picks Fights In A Bar.

Of All Human Activities, Writing Is The One For Which It Is Easiest To Find Excuses Not To Begin – The Desk’s Too Big, The Desk’s Too Small, There’s Too Much Noise, There’s Too Much Quiet, It’s Too Hot, Too Cold, Too Early, Too Late. I Had Learned Over The Years To Ignore Them All, And Simply To Start.

I Was A Political Journalist; I Came To Writing Novels Through An Interest In Politics And Power.

I Think It's Very, Very Hard Not To Go Slightly Crazy If You're In The Top In Politics, Especially If You're There For A Long Time.

By Dawn He Had Surrendered, Gratefully, To The Old Inertia, The Product Of Always Seeing Both Sides Of Every Question.