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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.
Lee Child
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Lee Child
Age: 69
Born: 1954
Born: October 29
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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.
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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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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 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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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.
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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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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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You see something scary, you should stand up and step toward it, not away from it. Instinctively, reflexively, in a raging fury.
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I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach.
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All of us write wish fulfillment.
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Hit them fast, hit them hard, and hit them a lot.
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I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.
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Never forget a Favor, Never forgive a Slight!
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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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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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You do not mess with the special investigators.
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The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure.
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The most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today.
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I had a teacher once, grade school somewhere. Philippines, I think, because she always wore a big white hat. So it was somewhere hot. I was always twice the size of the other kids, and she used to say to me: count to ten before you get mad, Reacher. And I've counted way past ten on this one. Way past.
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LA has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.
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