"I was crying reading the secret letter exchange Kruschev and John Kennedy quite extensively. Together, they thought they could create World Peace. They almost did, just before Kennedy was assassinated. If you want to read all the correspondence between those two, there is a separate 200 page book of it. This book only mentions a few. But it gives the picture of John Kennedy we didn’t know"

"“I’m not sure if a book can actually change a person. I’m not even sure if people truly ever change. But I like this book very much. It’s about a drawn-out incestuous love affair between brother and sister. It’s one of the most well-constructed pieces of art I’ve ever encountered. I also love The Picture of Dorian Gray for the same reason."

"I trust him as a writer. It was a new book, and I didn't know about the Lusitania. I was totally satisfied when I was finished. It was like I was able to picture a lot of the faces, the passengers, the captain. You could almost see them."