In several of your books, documents of one variety or another dictate principles necessary or employed by a society, such as the Paradigms of Power in Adiamante. From what sources do you draw these?

Actually, the majority are drawn from my own past experiences, particularly from the 17-odd years I spent in political situations in Washington, D.C. Some obviously come from an analysis and synthesis of what I’ve read, but most would be hard to trace to any one source.