Sometimes people say, you're obsessed with death. And I say, wait a minute! To me, the writers who are obsessed with death are the ones who write those serial-killer novels ... In my books, it's true, somebody dies in all my books, but the death itself is usually about half a page, and the [rest is] all about life, and things that you learn in life, and what you learned from that person's life.
If you want the inside story of what was being said and done at the top levels of U.S. government from the September 11th attacks until the fall of Saddam Hussein, you can ask one of two men -- Army General Tommy Franks, or Marine Corps General Mike DeLong, who was Franks' deputy.
Sometimes people say, you're obsessed with death. And I say, wait a minute! To me, the writers who are obsessed with death are the ones who write those serial-killer novels ... In my books, it's true, somebody dies in all my books, but the death itself is usually about half a page, and the [rest is] all about life, and things that you learn in life, and what you learned from that person's life. 
