Less really is more. It's a tendency of beginning writers to want to prove what they're talking about by going too far with description. I think you've got to keep it short, crisp and clean

... have a smile for everyone you meet and a plan to kill them.

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

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

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

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?

There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality.