“The secret to the game is that beginners—actually, intermediate players, too, and sometimes masters—they tend to look at just the one side. But the trick to chess is to be paying more attention to what the other side is doing.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“There was a skill to organizing your life into neatly bundled anecdotes, and he lacked it.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“you are going to find that the heights you’ve attained make for a long fall if you don’t understand the mountain.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
Once I came to really understand the mechanics of three-act structure, my life got a great deal easier. It doesn't tell you how to… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“If it was to survive, America had to develop a new system of exchange, one that would be impervious to the gamesmanship of gifted… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“That was the thing about terror: it made rational people act irrationally.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“As politicians had long known, people preferred short, catchy answers to complex ones, even if the short answers were oversimplified to the point of… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“Cooper had been at a scene once where a car had collided with an agent and pinned him against a metal barrier, shattering everything… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“Data. That’s what matters. That’s what tells us something. But people want to see pictures. Supernova in vivid color. Even though scientifically it’s useless.” — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“intentions and results. Cooper’s intentions in killing Peters and releasing the video had been good; the results had been a disaster. Did that make… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
“When a sailor’s drowned body was found tangled in lines over the port side, the men agreed he must have fallen overboard in the… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
Trying to analyze a situation without enough data was like looking at a photograph of a ball in flight and trying to gauge its… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
I didn't want to just write a series - I wanted to write an epic, on story that spans three books, where decisions made… — Marcus Sakey Copy Share Image
