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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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" 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. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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 don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Yeah, I am pretty sure of myself. "