Futurists don’t consider overpopulation one of the issues of the future. They consider it the issue of the future.
For me, a good thriller must teach me something about the real world.
Faith is a continuum, and we each fall on that line where we may.
Suggesting a married Jesus is one thing, but questioning the Resurrection undermines the very heart of Christian belief.
I think one reason my books have found mainstream success is that they’re written from a skeptical point of view.
I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn’t change. I have the same challenges every day.
Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power.
I will not write a lame follow-up. It could take me 20 years. But I will never turn in a book that I’m not happy with.
I write seven days a week, starting at 4 o’clock in the morning, including Christmas.
Everyone loves a conspiracy.
I’m fascinated by power, especially veiled power. Shadow power. The National Security Agency. The National Reconnaissance Office. Opus Dei. The idea that everything happens for reasons we’re not quite seeing.
She was deeply passionate about the sacred feminine.
My interest in secret societies is the product of many experiences, some I can discuss, others I cannot.
I’m somebody who likes codes and ciphers and chases and artwork and architecture, and all the things you find in a Robert Langdon thriller.
I write slowly. I actually write quickly, but I throw out so much material.
I consider myself a student of many religions. The more I learn, the more questions I have. For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.
Is it not possible that we are still living in the Dark Ages, still mocking the suggestion of ‘mystical’ forces that we cannot see or comprehend.
Can you keep secrets? Can you know a thing and never say it again?
Book publishing would be so much easier without the authors.
If it wasn’t painfully difficult, you did it wrong!