When I Go To Peoples' Houses I

I Don't Discuss Works In Progress.

You Learn To Write The Same Way You Learn To Play Golf... You Do It, And Keep Doing It Until You Get It Right. A Lot Of People Think Something Mystical Happens To You, That Maybe The Muse Kisses You On The Ear. But Writing Isn’t Divinely Inspired – It’s Hard Work.

Jack Looked Out The Window As They Passed The Mormon Temple, Just Outside The Beltway Near Connecticut Avenue. A Decidedly Odd-looking Building, It Had Grandeur With Its Marble Columns And Gilt Spires. The Beliefs Represented By That Impressive Structure Seemed Curious To Ryan, A Lifelong Catholic, But The People Who Held Them Were Honest And Hardworking, And Fiercely Loyal To Their Country, Because They Believed In What America Stood For.

The U.s. Military Is Us. There Is No Truer Representation Of A Country Than The People That It Sends Into The Field To Fight For It. The People Who Wear Our Uniform And Carry Our Rifles Into Combat Are Our Kids, And Our Job Is To Support Them, Because They're Protecting Us.

There Are Two Kinds Of People: The Ones Who Need To Be Told And The Ones Who Figure It Out All By Themselves.