The truth is often one's best shield..

Wringin' your hands only stops you from rollin' up your sleeves..

Books are keys that open many doors -- James Rollins.

Often-times it's madness, not genius that moves the world forward. Who else but the mad would reach so far, stretching for the impossible and, in so ….

Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a quest….

I read anything I could get my hands on: science fiction, fantasy, horror, thrillers. I even became hooked on the Bantam reprints of the old pulp nov….

Throughout history, knowledge rises and falls, ebbs and flows. What once was known is forgotten again, lost in time, sometimes for centuries, only to….

It ain't always rocket science, sometimes a door is just a door..

I think the worst and most insidious procrastination for me is research. I will be looking for some bit of fact or figure to include in the novel, an….

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction..

Festina lente. Make haste slowly..

Growing up with three brothers and three sisters, I was the storyteller of the family... what my mother called 'The Liar.'.

When someone is always looking over their shoulder, they're more likely to trip..

Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to have some literary pedig….

Guns, grendels, or nuclear bombs; take your pick..

The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if really want to write, it's time to start. I picked up the book How to Write a Novel ….

Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors..

Biblical references about knowledge and good and evil often get tangled up..

With two books a year, I don't have time for writer's block..

I do have an office where about 70 percent of my writing gets done, but sometimes it does get a bit stir-crazy to be cooped up in there, so I'll grab….

The hope for our nation and our world lies within our ability to innovate and move forward technologically..