Vince Flynn Quotes

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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)

just let Mitch be Mitch

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

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

It was not possible to reason with unreasonable people

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

Anybody who knew me growing up calls me Vinny.

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.

We're all dying, just some of us sooner than others.

It's what every writer needs: a daybed.

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

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

It was war, and in war the truth was almost always the first casualty.

I don't need men like Ross on my side. I just need them to get out of my way. (Mitch Rapp)

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

or the trunk, taken somewhere and stripped naked,

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.

I have a history of disregarding orders. - Mitch Rapp

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