The part of my writing I find the most rewarding is when people write to me or speak to me in public to tell me how his or her life has been changed by my books.

I will not write about anyplace in the world unless I've been there to personally research it.

When people tell me I've kept them up all night, I feel like I've succeeded.

A blank piece of paper is God's way of telling us how hard it is to be God.

When you write a movie, you have a hundred collaborators. But when you write a novel, it's yours.

Abraham Lincoln because he was a man filled with great compassion who believed that all men are created free and equal, and was not afraid to stand on that platform. The way Lincoln lived his life has served me well in mine.