“Each summer, as Lake Michigan finally begins to warm, I think of the m...” — Doug Stanton Quote

“Each summer, as Lake Michigan finally begins to warm, I think of the men of the World War II cruiser Indianapolis and the worst disaster at sea in United States naval history. I go down to the lake, and I wonder: How would I have survived what they experienced?”

“During the writing of all of my books, I've learned that, most of all, people want to know that someone is listening and - this is the tricky part - remembering.”

“One of the reasons I wrote 'Horse Soldiers' was to understand the world my children would inherit after the events of 2001.”

“No Child Left Behind was a disaster.”

“Everybody's out and you get a lot of friction, a lot of heat in the air. It makes a beautiful disaster and that's where the 'Summertime Shootout' comes from.”

“In typical Washington fashion, nothing gets reformed until a disaster happens.”