From the political angle, I'm trying to be apolitical if you will. I mean people say, 'Are you a red state or blue state?', I say, 'I'm purple.' I think there are great ideas on both sides of the aisle and neither side has cornered the market.

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

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

When you grow up with a name like Brad Thor, people expect you to be 6-foot-4 and a pile of muscles.

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

I live in America. I have the right to write whatever I want. And it's equaled by another right just as powerful: the right not to read it. Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

If you steadfastly refused to quit, you rapidly narrowed your options to only winning.