Some of the best fan mail I get are from our men and women in the military and intelligence communities. They say, 'Boy you do your homework, this is exactly how we're doing it.'

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.

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?

Freedom of speech includes the freedom to offend people.

... have a smile for everyone you meet and a plan to kill them.

There is no justice in social justice, and there is no equality in social equality.

If you steadfastly refused to quit, you rapidly narrowed your options to only winning.

Incredible brilliance often dwells on the razor's edge of madness.

There are writers who go their whole lives and never hit that No. 1 spot.

Al Qaeda doesn't abide by the Geneva Conventions, so in my opinion, they should not be afforded the protections of them.

I am indeed honored to call him my friend.

Molding the Minds of the Future

For whatever time I have to live, I intend to enjoy myself." - Midge Rylander in Eighteen Months To Live.

I'm much faster now. When you only have a certain amount of time to write, after a while you learn to use your time well or you stop writing

It's very nice having my mum as my agent. You know that she's always doing what's best for you.

A man may be carried on in a constant course of mortification all his days; and yet perhaps never enjoy a good day of peace and consolation.

Morality is a burglar's tool whose merit lies in never being left behind at the scene of the crime.

I'm incredibly focused. I think it's a blessing and a curse. I'm so driven that nothing else can stand in my way. For many years, I didn't have a personal life.

Survival is an art. It requires the dulling of the mind and the senses, and a delicate attunement to waiting, without insisting on precision about just what it is you are waiting for.

What we will become depends on us

You cannot possess all and everything. Whatsoever you possess will not give you contentment. The mind, the ego, will always feel unfulfilled.