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I have the thing worked out - the trick or the surprise or the pivotal fact. Then I just start somewhere and let the story work itself out.

Lee Child

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Lee Child
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 29
Author
Film Actor
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Coventry
England
UK
Jim Grant
James D. Jim Grant
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I'd been a thriller reader all my life.
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It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?
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So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to become a novelist. So I wrote the first book - driven by some very real feelings of desperation - and it worked.
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Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!
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What do I miss about the UK? Sadly, almost nothing. Maybe the midnight sun, in June in the north. That's all.
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I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions.
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They found out about him in July and stayed angry all through August. They tried to kill him in September. It was way too soon. They weren't ready. The attempt was a failure. It could have been a disaster, but it was actually a miracle. Because nobody noticed.
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So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be burnt-out in this job.
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