The violence in the Executioner books is merely stage-dressing for dramatizing the commitment and dedication Bolan has to his ideals and the lengths …

- Don Pendleton

Every writer is working from his own individual world view, and that can become as characteristic as a fingerprint.

- Don Pendleton

In addition to the original Executioner series I have also written a number of other works with diverse taste, even poetry. None, however, have provi…

- Don Pendleton

Along with everything else, I know that there is a beauty in mankind. It is a beauty that no ugliness, no violence, no hatred and no evil can ever co…

- Don Pendleton

Mack Bolan is a classic American hero. Readers like him and I feel very good about that.

- Don Pendleton

When I wrote War Against the Mafia as a Vietnam statement, I didn't expect much to come of it-but quite a bit came and it captured me. I continued th…

- Don Pendleton

Hell was not for the living, it was for the dead, even the hallowed dead. Let the dead rest in peace. Someday Mack Bolan, too, would rest. For now, h…

- Don Pendleton

Life is often more a sweat than a pleasure but, paradoxically, it is the sweat that gives true meaning to all of life's pleasures. This is the messag…

- Don Pendleton

Poetry can be the bridge, the crossover point in the mind between the physical and the spiritual. A place where the two can meet.

- Don Pendleton