True freedom is tolerant. It gives people the right to live and think in new ways. - John Twelve Hawks

All the news stories were telling me to be frightened. All the commercials were telling me to buy things I didn´t need. The message was that people could only be passive victims or consumers.

One of the pleasures of writing novels is that my characters usually do something. But in real life we often stay locked in a situation that we know is painful or wrong.

Peace and prosperity were possible only if people stopped asking new questions and accepted the available answers.