There's a character in the book called Bill the Lizard, and our Bill the Lizard is a surfer dude.

There is a gap between publications from U.S. and non-U.S. groups. With the current trajectory, if things don't change, that gap is going to continue.

The United States can't allow its technology and scientific strengths to lessen because it will affect competitiveness.

The whole time, from when it hit to when the government actually got there, you knew (people) were dying in the waiting.

A man came on from Feed the Children. And he said, 'I challenge you all across America to get together and get supplies.

I can identify with the character really well. The girl loses her father, and I didn't literally lose my father, but figuratively I did.