Vince Flynn Quotes

People who think God is on their side are capable of the most inhumane acts. (Petrov)

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

If you're not busy living, you're dying.

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

When I give a lot of speeches, they're always on the fly. I mean, I know what I'm going to say roughly, but I do not - will not read.

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.

A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.

My doctors warned me repeatedly that if you don't stay positive, you don't do well.

People, especially successful people, are habitual creatures. They're organized. This makes them productive - Gus Mitchell

just let Mitch be Mitch

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

...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.

I have a history of disregarding orders. - 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)

[He] saw communism for the sham that it was--a bunch of brutes who seized power in the name of the people, only to repress the very people they claimed to champion.

I'm a bit of a Libertarian.

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 have been blessed to have the same editor and work for a great publishing house.

One of the most talented writers out there is Brian Haig.

No offence Mitch, but you look like s*****." "I feel like s****

A major theme in all my books is that the CIA is not only the first line of defense but they should also be the first line of offense.

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

It's what every writer needs: a daybed.

I just look at what's going on in the world.

Have you ever heard the phrase, it is better to keep your mouth closed and have people wonder if you are stupid than open it and remove all doubt? (Hakim al Harbi)