My greatest accomplishment is succeeding in life, and I owe that to my family and twenty years in the military. I don't regret leaving the farm and r…

- Tom Johnson

Learning is a process whereby a human being, or group, or organization, or society comes to understand and embody nature's patterns.

- Tom Johnson

The military offered the opportunity to see the world, and meet other people and learn new customs. Plus, the Army taught soldiers discipline. The li…

- Tom Johnson

Probably the best way to describe my writing style is to refer you to "purple prose", which was a tag given to the early mass market magazine writers…

- Tom Johnson

Don't get me wrong, God Bless the farmers and cowboys. It just wasn't the life I wanted. When writing stories of other lands, I can describe people a…

- Tom Johnson

So much of my self worth was tied with my position. It felt like I was being enveloped in darkness. It was a sense of loss of enthusiasm, a loss of h…

- Tom Johnson

I was raised in farm and ranch communities, and my dad wanted me to be a cowboy like him, but I saw how he struggled in life and wanted more than tha…

- Tom Johnson

Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.

- Tom Johnson

Discipline means looking beyond the appearance, beyond that which is visible and acknowledging one Infinite Cause.

- Tom Johnson