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Hit them fast, hit them hard, and hit them a lot.

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
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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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Lone women shouldn't stop in the middle of nowhere for giant unkempt strangers with duct tape on their faces.
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Imagine the uproar if the Federal government tried to make everyone wear a radio transmitter around their neck so we can keep track of their movements. But people happily carry their cell phones in their purses and pockets.
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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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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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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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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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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.
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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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It gives me some kind of chance to survive the night. How are those better odds? If you come back with me, you're guaranteed to survive the night. No, Reacher said. If I come back with you, I'm guaranteed to die of shame.
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I always wanted to be in the world of entertainment. I just love the idea of an audience being happy with what I am doing. Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.
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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.
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I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.
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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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The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure.
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Hope for the best, plan for the worst.
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Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too.
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Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.
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Reacher said, So here's the thing Brett. Either you take your hand off my chest, or I'll take it off your wrist.
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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.
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