“Less really is more. It’s a tendency of beginning writers to want to prove what they’re talking about by going too far with description. I think you’ve got to keep it short, crisp and clean”

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

I write about things that are important for us as Americans. I’m concerned about al-Qaeda sneaking across the border with the illegal immigrants that are using the coyotes to get across the border. And that’s not a Democrat or Republican issue, that’s a national security issue

When you grow up with a name like Brad Thor, people expect you to be 6-foot-4 and a pile of muscles.

…all members of Congress should be required wear NASCAR uniforms. You know, the kind with the patches? That way we’d know who is sponsoring each of them. I think he was kidding; they’d never be able to do it but it’s a great idea and would wake people up in this country.

I always have a different way of looking at things.

A lot of times, when people say hip-hop, they don’t know what they’re talking about. They just think of the rappers.

I am uncomfortable with talking of poetry as a priestly profession, because I have little use for organized religions and priestly hierarchies. They have demoralized, persecuted, so many, including women, gays, non-believers.

I always left her presence with the sense that she truly knew what she was talking about but that she never felt the need to browbeat you with it,

And so, when I was a young writer I always worked hard on imagery.

I want to speak, to sing to total strangers. It’s my way of talking to the world.

And we’re always talking to the directors about that. It’s a big challenge to find people that can do it.

You’re always looking to make it a bit fresh.

My process in making a music video is pretty much a formula of talking to the artist.