Well, my books - I think one of the hallmarks of my thrillers is that they're based in reality.

What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all about Islam. But this is fiction, and I don't think Islam is above criticism or fictionalization any more so than Judaism, Christianity, Mormonism or Hinduism is

You know when I told you the joke about how a friend will help you move, but a real friend will help you move a body? I was only kidding.

If we talk about the glass being half empty or half full, I want to know what does the glass look like from underneath the table?

Al Qaeda doesn't abide by the Geneva Conventions, so in my opinion, they should not be afforded the protections of them.

The reason socialism has failed around the world every time it's been tried is because people in socialist countries have looked at the United States and have said if they can have it that good, we can. It's a failed, flawed ideology, but if you ask socialists why it's always failed, it's because the United States has stood in the way.

Well, my books - I think one of the hallmarks of my thrillers is that they're based in reality.