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

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?

I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't want my main character to be different in the end. I still want him committed to his ideas, to be steadfast, true and loyal

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

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.

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

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.