Any society that needs disclaimers has too many lawyers.

We want to give you the roses when you're dead. That's how human beings think. I try not to think like a human.

Martial arts, when I do martial arts, it's more of a life type of training.

Part of what I loved - and love - about being around older people is the tangible sense of history they embody. I'm interested in military history, for instance, because both my grandfathers fought in World War II. I'm interested in writing because one of those grandfathers wrote books.