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Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

Lee Child

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Lee Child
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: October 29
Author
Film Actor
Novelist
Screenwriter
Writer
Coventry
England
UK
Jim Grant
James D. Jim Grant
Ultimatum
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Plans
Worst
Hope
Best

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That should be your town motto. It's all I ever hear. Like: New Hampshire, Live Free or Die. It should be: Despair, You Need To Leave Now.
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I was in the machine. My whole life. Then the machine coughed and spat me out. So I thought, OK, if I'm out, I'm out. All the way out. I was a little angry and it was probably an immature reaction. But I got used to it.
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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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The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.
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I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.
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A calm environment is for after I finish work.
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I don't need validation, recognition or praise. What I need are facts and the facts are that one of my books gets sold, somewhere in the world, every second.
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I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.
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I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer.
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I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.
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I'd been a thriller reader all my life.
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For men, as they get bogged down with responsibilities, commitments, bureaucracy, it is a fantasy just to think of shedding everything literally, walking away with nothing at all, and just hitting the road.
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I'm not a vagrant... I'm a hobo. Big difference.
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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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