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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. "

Lee Child

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Real

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" All of us write wish fulfillment. "

Lee Child

Write

Fulfillment

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

" 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 have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Yeah, I am pretty sure of myself. "

" 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

" My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever. "

Lee Child

Whatever

Wife

" 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'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. "

" It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. "

Lee Child

Where

Well

" 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.' "

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

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

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

Lee Child

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

" Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it. "

" The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure. "

" I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels. "

" 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. "