I'm a bit of a Libertarian.

...any form of government that required the repression, imprisonment, and execution of those who disagreed with it was certainly not a government of the people.

And when I go around and talk to schools, what I tell the kids are, first of all, you have to accept each other's differences. Some of you are going to be a crappy football player, some of you are going to be a great mathematician. Whatever it is, accept each other's differences and help prop each other up.

It's this upside-down world that we live in where we afford political correctness to the most intolerant group of individuals on the planet.

No matter how bad you think you have it, there's always - always somebody who's got it way, way worse.

I think the more avenues that open up when people want to publish, the better. Some of the authors that want to jump ship from the traditional houses and go on their own, you know what? Good luck. It's going to be a lot tougher than you think.

I am a huge fan of Alan Furst. Furst is the best in the business--the most talented espionage novelist of our generation.