Vince Flynn
Vince Flynn
Vincent "Vince" Flynnwas an American author of political thriller novels. He also served as a story consultant for the fifth season of the television series 24. He died on June 19, 2013, after a three-year battle with prostate cancer...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth6 April 1966
CitySaint Paul, MN
CountryUnited States of America
memories school trying
I have such bad memories, sitting in the back of a classroom, being told, you know, everybody is going to read a paragraph, and skipping ahead to my paragraph and being mortified and trying to read it enough times so that I wouldn't stutter and stammer, getting called on, even in high school.
football school kids
And when I go around and talk to schools, what I tell the kids are, first of all, you have to accept each other's differences. Some of you are going to be a crappy football player, some of you are going to be a great mathematician. Whatever it is, accept each other's differences and help prop each other up.
football team offense-and-defense
A good football team plays offense and defense. You have to be aggressive and disrupt.
war book reading
No one writes better historical fiction than Steven Pressfield. The Afghan War that was waged by Alexander the Great 2000 years ago is eerily similar to the one that's being fought today. This book should be required reading for anyone who wants to better understand what American and Coalition forces are up against in one of history's most tribal and troubled regions.
book lines firsts
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.
growing-up growing call-me
Anybody who knew me growing up calls me Vinny.
blessed editors publishing-house
I have been blessed to have the same editor and work for a great publishing house.
looks world
I just look at what's going on in the world.
libertarian bits
I'm a bit of a Libertarian.
order
I have a history of disregarding orders. - Mitch Rapp
brian haig
One of the most talented writers out there is Brian Haig.
government people execution
...any form of government that required the repression, imprisonment, and execution of those who disagreed with it was certainly not a government of the people.
names people champion
[He] saw communism for the sham that it was--a bunch of brutes who seized power in the name of the people, only to repress the very people they claimed to champion.
mistake stupidity enemy
Underestimating one's enemy was a classic tactical mistake --- one that was usually born out of stupidity or arrogance or both. (Harry Smith)