I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.

I do a little fact checking now and then. Other than that its impact is simply that email has revolutionized communication for me, and my website has built up a community of readers, which is a lot of fun.

The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling.

No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.

I went to college. West Point is technically a college.

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.

You see something scary, you should stand up and step toward it, not away from it. Instinctively, reflexively, in a raging fury.