Fighting Wars Is Not So Much About

There Was A Time When Nails Were High-tech. There Was A Time When People Had To Be Told How To Use A Telephone. Technology Is Just A Tool. People Use Tools To Improve Their Lives.

People Live Longer Today Than They Ever Have. They Live Happier Lives, Have More Knowledge, More Information. All This Is The Result Of Communications Technology. How Is Any Of That Bad?

Whenever Somebody Comes Up With A Good Idea, There's Somebody Else Who Has Never Had A Good Idea In His Life Who Stands Up And Says, "oh, You Can't Do That..."

I Think About The Characters I've Created And Then I Sit Down And Start Typing And See What They Will Do. There's A Lot Of Subconscious Thought That Goes On. It Amazes Me To Find Out, A Few Chapters Later, Why I Put Someone In A Certain Place When I Did. It's Spooky.

Success Is A Finished Book, A Stack Of Pages Each Of Which Is Filled With Words. If You Reach That Point, You Have Won A Victory Over Yourself No Less Impressive Than Sailing Single-handed Around The World.