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" 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. "

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" What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all about Islam. But this is fiction, and I don't think Islam is above criticism or fictionalization any more so than Judaism, Christianity, Mormonism or Hinduism is. "

Brad Thor

Writing

Think

Islam

" From the political angle, I'm trying to be apolitical if you will. I mean people say, 'Are you a red state or blue state?', I say, 'I'm purple.' I think there are great ideas on both sides of the aisle and neither side has cornered the market. "

" I've got more ideas for books than I'll ever be able to use in my lifetime. I'm very fortunate like that. "

" Authors should do multiple submissions to agents. I mean, that's the way the business world works and whether or not the industry likes it or not, they can't stop you from submitting to multiple agents and you know what? If an agent misses out on you because they took too long with your query letter, tough luck for them. "

" 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? "

" After the Berlin Wall came down and Communism was on the run, I looked around and wondered what the next threat to the United States would be. "

" Well, my books - I think one of the hallmarks of my thrillers is that they're based in reality. "

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

" I really believe that a writer is someone who has trained their mind to misbehave. "

" 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.' "

" Even one death is horrible. "

" We have an incredible warrior class in this country - people in law enforcement, intelligence - and I thank God every night we have them standing fast to protect us from the tremendous amount of evil that exists in the world. "

" I like books that have razor-sharp plotting that snaps and moves along. It's not about the main character being different at the end. I don't want my main character to be different in the end. I still want him committed to his ideas, to be steadfast, true and loyal. "

" 'The Last Patriot' is set in the present day but is based upon the premise that the Prophet Mohammed had a final revelation, he shared it with his disciples, and they killed him to keep it hidden and out of the Qur'an. If this missing revelation can be found, its impact on the world will be incredible. "

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

Brad Thor

Whole

Who

" I had been fascinated with Islam since college - particularly how it could inspire such fervor in our modern age and move a significant number of its followers to horrific acts of violence. That invisible hand moved me to study more and more about Islam. "

Brad Thor

Violence

Inspire

" Success leaves clues, and if you sow the same seeds, you'll reap the same rewards. "

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

Brad Thor

Should

Geneva

" My wife has a good sense of humor, and instead of calling me psychic with my novels, she simply refers to me as being 'psycho.' That's because multiple things in my books have come true. "

Brad Thor

Sense Of Humor

Wife

" In some ways, it's better that Obama got elected than McCain. I'd rather be stabbed in the chest with an Obama steak knife than to have been slowly bled to death with McCain paper cuts. Say what you will, but Obama has brought about a patriotic and civic renaissance, the likes of which I have never seen. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In the wake of 9/11, my wife Trish and I were stranded on the East Coast. We had planned a vacation to Greece, but flights had been halted. Instead, we ended up on a tiny island off the coast of Georgia. "

Brad Thor

Off

Planned

" I always have a different way of looking at things. "