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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. "
Lee Child
I Can
Without
Food
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" My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever. "
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" British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography. "
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British
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Geography
" The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure. "
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Thrillers
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" There is nothing wrong with just telling the story. "
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Just
Nothing
" It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem. "
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Always
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" 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. "
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Moment
Place
" 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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Quality
System
" L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever. "
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Forever
Because
" I'd been a thriller reader all my life. "
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Reader
Life
" I do a little fact checking now and then. Other than that its impact is simply that email has revolutionized communication for me, and my website has built up a community of readers, which is a lot of fun. "
Lee Child
Me
Communication
Community
" 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. "
Lee Child
America
Diversity
New York
" All of us write wish fulfillment. "
Lee Child
Write
Us
Fulfillment
" I write in the afternoon, from about 12 until 6 or 7. I use an upstairs room as my office. Once I get going I keep at it, and it usually takes about six months from the first blank screen until 'The End.' "
Lee Child
Office
Write
First
" I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. "
Lee Child
Where
Up
Well
" I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence. "
Lee Child
Come
Books
Obvious
" 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. "
Lee Child
Work
Somewhere
Surprise
" 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. "
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Two
Trouble
Up
" What do I miss about the UK? Sadly, almost nothing. Maybe the midnight sun, in June in the north. That's all. "
Lee Child
Miss
Midnight
UK
" I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach. "
Lee Child
Artisan
Kind
Approach
" 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
Job
World
Real
" Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me. "
Lee Child
Most
Me
Least
" 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
Praise
World
Recognition
" 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. "
Lee Child
Hungry
You
Tired
" I love visiting LA. It's an endlessly fascinating city, and is, of course, America's entertainment capital. Each time I go, I fall in love with it all over again. That said, it's not the sort of place I'd want to live. "
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Fall
Time
Live
" I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time. "
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Need
Time
Environment
" 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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Men
Walking
Think
" A calm environment is for after I finish work. "
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Finish
Environment
Calm
" 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. "
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People
Know
Men
" 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. "
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Work
Job
Back
" I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer. "
Lee Child
Three
Writing
Empty