People are much more complicated in real life, but my characters are as subtle and nuanced as I can make them. But if you say my characters are too black and white, you've missed the point. Villains are meant to be black-hearted in popular novels. If you say I have a grey-hearted villain, then I've failed.


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I can understand why some of these drummers and bass players become cult figures with all of their e...
KEN BURNS
In my political career, I'd like to see a constitutional balanced budget amendment.
KEN BUCK
You can't really be strong until you see a funny side to things.
KEN KESEY
Barack Obama was not born into wealth or privilege, yet today his is president of these United State...
KEN SALAZAR
Fascism wants Baptism coast to coast.
KEN KESEY
Without vision, even the most focused passion is a battery without a device.
KEN AULETTA
I'm an incurable romantic, and Casablanca's one of the most romantic pictures I've ever ...
KEN ADAM
In every revolution, there are winners and losers. Every dystopia is a utopia for somebody else. It ...
KEN LIU
Praise God, from whom all blessings flow! Praise Him, all creatures here below! Praise Him above, ye...
THOMAS KEN
There's some bells you can't unring.
KEN CUCCINELLI
It isn't by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by ...
KEN KESEY
Sometimes isolation can be shared.
KEN GRIMWOOD
You can't really be strong until you can see a funny side to things.
KEN KESEY
There is no reason for any individual to have a computer in their home.
KEN OLSEN
The nicest thing about standards is that there are so many of them to choose from.
KEN OLSEN
Anybody who enjoys being in the House of Commons probably needs psychiatric help.
KEN LIVINGSTONE
The 2nd amendment was never intended to allow private citizens to 'keep and bear arms.' If it had, t...
KEN KONECKI
I grew up certain for a while that I was going to be an anthropologist, until film turned my head.
KEN BURNS
In college, before video games, we would amuse ourselves by posing programming exercises.
KEN THOMPSON
Apparently the rarest commodities on earth are truth and honesty.
KEN POIROT
The Child Custody Protection Act makes it a federal crime to transport a minor across state lines fo...
KEN CALVERT
Incarcerating non-violent offenders in the same population as more dangerous criminals has the effec...
KEN CUCCINELLI
The measure would set criminal penalties, the same as those that would apply if harm or death happen...
KEN CALVERT
When I finished my residency in New Orleans, I went to L.A. where I would work as a doctor during th...
KEN JEONG
success awaits those who steadfastly commit to any requisite sacrifice
KEN POIROT
There's been an incredible censorship in America and throughout the world, but particularly in A...
KEN HAM
For students, the evolution-creation discussion can be a useful exercise, for it can help develop th...
KEN HAM
When we had highly sensitive information, the DNA on the dress, that was held within our office and ...
KEN STARR
The digital revolution has disrupted most traditional media: newspapers, magazines, books, record co...
KEN AULETTA
Minds are like flowers. If you let it sit there without soaking anything up, it will dry up.
KEN HILL
To see your drama clearly is to be liberated from it.
KEN KEYES
To be upset over what you don't have is to waste what you do have.
KEN KEYES
I always remember that I have everything I need to enjoy my here and now, unless I am letting my con...
KEN KEYES
Usenet is like Tetris for people who still remember how to read.
KEN IVERSON