That Should Be Your Town Motto. It's

I Don't Need Validation, Recognition Or Praise. What I Need Are Facts And The Facts Are That One Of My Books Gets Sold, Somewhere In The World, Every Second.

I Write In The Afternoon, From About 12 Until 6 Or 7. I Use An Upstairs Room As My Office. Once I Get Going I Keep At It, And It Usually Takes About Six Months From The First Blank Screen Until 'the End.

I Like Food, Like Any Other Guy, But It Is Not The Main Thing In My Life. I Can Do Without It.

No, I'm A Man With A Rule. People Leave Me Alone, I Leave Them Alone. If They Don't, I Don't.

Anecdotally His Fitness Reports Rated Him Well Above Average In The Classroom, Excellent In The Field, Fluently Bilingual In English And French, Passable In Spanish, Outstanding On All Man-portable Weaponry, And Beyond Outstanding At Hand-to-hand Combat. Susan Knew What That Last Rating Meant. Like Having A Running Chainsaw Thrown At You