We had to figure out how to produce books in a cost-effective way.
Our communications reflect in our countenance. Therefore, we must be careful not only what we communicate, but also how we do so. Souls can be strengthened or shattered by the message and the manner in which we communicate.
As a former FBI counterintelligence agent who investigated foreign propaganda cases, I’ve seen firsthand how foreign intelligence services leverage American freedoms - and the constitutional limitations on the FBI’s investigative power - to their advantage.
How you played in yesterday's game is all that counts.
There were a couple times with close-ups where I tended to overact. I would use more of my face than I needed to. I learned how to be more subtle.
How few there are who have courage enough to own their faults, or resolution enough to mend them.
In a magazine, one can get - from cover to cover - 15 to 20 different ideas about life and how to live it.
How 'bout them Cowboys!?
There is a crack in everything, that's how the light gets in.
I like being Southern; I like going to Cracker Barrel - I mean, that's just how I am.
I just remember watching 'Brass Eye' and being so utterly blown away by the scope of it and how much it managed to cram into an episode.
I don't even know how to behave without my sleep. I would be a horrible person to be around - cranky.
I had such a crazy life. How I got away with it, I don't know.
Obviously, I wore a lot of crazy things on stage. That's just how it goes.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.
When I began to write, I was surprised at how little London had been used in crime fiction. Places such as Edinburgh or Oxford or L.A. seemed to have stronger identities.
Most crime fiction, no matter how 'hard-boiled' or bloodily forensic, is essentially sentimental, for most crime writers are disappointed romantics.
I find it very frustrating how much passing the buck there is in the criminal justice system when it comes to taking responsibility for outcomes.
I've learned how my own perfectionism can cripple me.
