I have such bad memories, sitting in the back of a classroom, being told, you know, everybody is going to read a paragraph, and skipping ahead to my paragraph and being mortified and trying to read it enough times so that I wouldn't stutter and stammer, getting called on, even in high school.

Anybody who knew me growing up calls me Vinny.

There's a lot more to publishing a book than writing it and slapping a cover on it.

I'm a big believer in free enterprise. If people want to try it, then go for it.

Revenge is more wild, less calculated...deeply personal. Retribution is a punishment that is morally right and fully deserved. (Mitch Rapp)

Underestimating one's enemy was a classic tactical mistake --- one that was usually born out of stupidity or arrogance or both. (Harry Smith)

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