I am indeed honored to call him my friend.

I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave

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.

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

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

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

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.