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

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

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

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

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

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.