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" I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time. "

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" You mustn't fall in love with your own hero. "

" 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. "

" What do I miss about the UK? Sadly, almost nothing. Maybe the midnight sun, in June in the north. That's all. "

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

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

" A calm environment is for after I finish work. "

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

" I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity. "

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

" 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. "

" I felt alienated by the experience and decided to stay away from corporate employment. "

" Yeah, I am pretty sure of myself. "

" 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. "

" 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.' "

" I had been coming to America very frequently for many, many years, so I had plenty of exposure - and maybe the best kind of exposure, because I think first impressions are very important. Maybe I notice stuff that is just subliminal to people who live here all the time. "

" 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. "

" L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography. "

" It's a tough case and the first time Reacher needs to recruit somebody to help him out. He uses a woman he knew in the army she's a fascinating character. "

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