Success leaves clues, and if you sow the same seeds, youll reap the same rewards.

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.

I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that

I write about things that are important for us as Americans. I'm concerned about al-Qaeda sneaking across the border with the illegal immigrants that are using the coyotes to get across the border. And that's not a Democrat or Republican issue, that's a national security issue

We have an incredible warrior class in this country - people in law enforcement, intelligence - and I thank God every night we have them standing fast to protect us from the tremendous amount of evil that exists in the world.

Incredible brilliance often dwells on the razor's edge of madness.