I wanted the feel in these books to be like an epic fantasy, with kings, queens, dukes and court politics, but of course like what I was explaining before, about making the science make sense, you have to make the politics make sense, too. – Kevin J. Anderson

Rush Limbaugh, we expect nonsense from him. But the Vatican, thats another story. When the Vatican is so threatened that it launches attacks on nuns, well, you know what they say in politics, a hit dog hollers. – Jennifer M. Granholm

We hang the petty thieves and appoint the great ones to public office. – Aesop

Confronted with the choice, the American people would choose the policemans truncheon over the anarchists bomb. – Spiro T. Agnew