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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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" 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. "

Lee Child

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World

Real

" 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. "

" In principle if I could not have a home I wouldn't. But not having a home would be too difficult procedurally, going from hotel to hotel, the gap of three hours where you're hungry and tired. "

" You know, women are as promiscuous as men and yet, of course, people are inhibited from having an affair or a relationship because the real-world consequences are a drag. "

" I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation. "

" Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me. "

Lee Child

Most

Least

" I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer. "

" 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. "

" She's a reflection of my fascination with the diversity of America she's totally normal in New York, but a freak in Texas. There are dozens of such clashes in America. "

" There is nothing wrong with just telling the story. "

" The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling. "

" Practically any Western has a homesteader in trouble, and a mysterious rider shows up off the range, solves the problem over two or three days, and then rides off into the sunset. "

Lee Child

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Trouble

" The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end. "

" I wanted readers to be genuinely unsure as to whether she's telling the truth or lying. It meant making her partly sympathetic, and partly unsympathetic, which wasn't easy. "

" I'd been a thriller reader all my life. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Male authors always take care to make their heroes at least one inch taller than they are, and considerably more muscular. Just as female authors give their heroines better hair and slimmer thighs. "

" I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence. "

" Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it. "

" 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. "

" I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels. "

" I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions. "

" I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it. "

" We would all love to walk up to someone and shoot them in the head, there's no doubt about that. We're too civilised to admit it, but we're happy to read about it. "

" For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader. "

" All of us write wish fulfillment. "

Lee Child

Write

Fulfillment

" Yeah, I am pretty sure of myself. "

" It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem. "

" 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. "