Quote

I'm not really into gourmet food I'm the kind of guy who just stops by a place that looks good rather than heading for the restaurant of the moment.

Lee Child

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Lee Child
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 29
Author
Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Coventry
England
UK
Jim Grant
James D. Jim Grant
Place
Restaurant
Looks
Stops
Kind
Restaurants
Really
Food
Good
Guy
Rather
Gourmet
Moment
Heading
Moments
Headings

More quotes by Lee Child

Image
I'd been a thriller reader all my life.
Lee Child
Image
Some old guy once said that the meaning of life is that it ends.
Lee Child
Image
It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?
Lee Child
Image
I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach.
Lee Child
Image
I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there's more backstage work in television, so I saw a job advertised and applied, and got it. That was back in 1977, when getting jobs was easy.
Lee Child
Image
My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever.
Lee Child
Image
Don't be sad that roses have thorns. Be glad that thorns have Roses. Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen.
Lee Child
Image
All of us write wish fulfillment.
Lee Child
Image
Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too.
Lee Child
Image
Hit them fast, hit them hard, and hit them a lot.
Lee Child
Image
Slippery slope. I carry a spare shirt, pretty soon I'm carrying spare pants. Then I'd need a suitcase. Next thing I know, I've got a house and a car and a savings plan and I'm filling out all kinds of forms.
Lee Child
Image
I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.
Lee Child
Image
I love Italian food but that's too generic a term for what's available now: you have to narrow it down to Tuscan, Sicilian, and so on.
Lee Child
Image
A person less fortunate than yourself deserves the best you can give. Because of duty, and honor, and service. You understand those words? You should do your job right, and you should do it well, simply because you can, without looking for notice or reward.
Lee Child
Image
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.
Lee Child
Image
The British regulatory system was revised, so that bigger profits were encouraged, which removed the option of big spending on programming. Quality just fell off a cliff, and all the old hands either left or were fired for being too expensive.
Lee Child
Image
Never forget a Favor, Never forgive a Slight!
Lee Child
Image
The third guy was different. He was what you got when you ate squirrels for four generations. Smarter than a rat and tougher than a goat, and jumpier than either one.
Lee Child
Image
I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions.
Lee Child
Image
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.
Lee Child