People Perish. Books Are Immortal.

It Is Perseverance, And Not Genius That Takes A Man To The Top. Rome Is Full Of Unrecognized Geniuses. Only Perseverance Enables You To Move Forward In The World.

First Comes An Idea. Then, Characters Begin To Evolve Out Of The Landscape Of That Idea. And Then, Finally, Characters Dominate: Plot Is Simply A Function Of What These People Might Do Or Be. Everything Has To Flow From Their Personalities; Otherwise It Will Not Be Emotionally Engaging, Or Plausible.

You Can't Make Sense Of The Present Unless A Part Of You Lives In The Past.

A Police State Is A Country Run By Criminals

Tape Is The Archiving Champ And Has Been For Decades. Reliable, Less Expensive Than Disks And Available In Large-scale Robotic Systems That Store Petabytes.