Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
The first day of the rest of my life.
Yeah, I am pretty sure of myself.
All of us write wish fulfillment.
I know I'm smarter than an armadillo
Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!
Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
I'd been a thriller reader all my life.
The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure.
You mustn't fall in love with your own hero.
Never forget a Favor, Never forgive a Slight!
A calm environment is for after I finish work.
I'm not afraid of death. Death's afraid of me.
You do not mess with the special investigators.
I'm not a vagrant... I'm a hobo. Big difference.
I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach.
Hit them fast, hit them hard, and hit them a lot.
Now they broke my toothbrush, I don't own anything.
Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too.
I went to college. West Point is technically a college.
Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me.
He had fallen out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch.
It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem.
Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.
Some old guy once said that the meaning of life is that it ends.
The most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today.
For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader.
Spread love and understanding,” Reacher said. “Use force if necessary.
I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence.
The best fights are the ones you don't have", a wise man once said to me.
I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.
I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence.
I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.
It's always tense when you move a character from a book to the screen. Always tense.
I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.
Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.
I felt alienated by the experience and decided to stay away from corporate employment.
Plan A is to hitch a ride out of here. But if they want a war, then plan B is to win it.
LA has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.
It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?
The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling.
L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.
A handgun at two hundred feet is the same thing as crossing your fingers and making a wish.
The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.
No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.
I'd never believed in luck. Never had any cause to. Never relied on it, because I never could.
I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.
I don't want to put the world to rights... I just don't like people who put the world to wrongs.
I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time.
I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.
My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever.
