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" 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. "
Lee Child
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" 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. "
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Telling
She
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" 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. "
Lee Child
Live
Best
America
" 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
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Up
" I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. "
Lee Child
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Up
Well
" 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 need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time. "
Lee Child
Need
Time
Environment
" 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
" The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling. "
Lee Child
Back
Storytelling
Dawn
" 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. "
Lee Child
People
Know
Men
" I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach. "
Lee Child
Artisan
Kind
Approach
" We know we need civilization and laws and procedures, but isn't it frustrating? Wouldn't it be great if we could just do what we needed to do? "
Lee Child
Need
Civilization
Laws
" I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me. "
Lee Child
Surprise
Writing
I Am
" 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
" L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever. "
Lee Child
Car
Forever
Because
" 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. "
Lee Child
Programming
Quality
System
" I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions. "
Lee Child
Trust
Movies
Myself
" 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
" I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation. "
Lee Child
Situation
Well
Job
" 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. "
Lee Child
Love
Walk
Admit
" 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. "
Lee Child
You
Down
Love
" So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be burnt-out in this job. "
Lee Child
Writing
Idiot
Plan
" 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
" I'd been a thriller reader all my life. "
Lee Child
Been
Reader
Life
" All of us write wish fulfillment. "
Lee Child
Write
Us
Fulfillment
" It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem. "
Lee Child
Anybody
Always
Sad
" 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. "
Lee Child
Work
Job
Back
" I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels. "
Lee Child
Left
Airplane
Books
" It's always tense when you move a character from a book to the screen. Always tense. "
Lee Child
Always
You
Move
" For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader. "
Lee Child
Reader
Book
End
" 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