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" It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem. "
Lee Child
Anybody
Always
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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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" 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. "
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" I just felt from personal observation that there is nothing more dislocated or alienated than a lifelong military person trying to cope in civilian life. It's like two completely separate planets. "
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" I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer. "
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" The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling. "
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" I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions. "
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" All of us write wish fulfillment. "
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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. "
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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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" Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it. "
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" For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader. "
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" 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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" 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. "
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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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Place
" L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever. "
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" You mustn't fall in love with your own hero. "
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" The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure. "
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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. "
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" 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? "
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" 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.' "
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" I'd been a thriller reader all my life. "
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" There is nothing wrong with just telling the story. "
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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. "
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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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" I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. "
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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. "
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" 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. "
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