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

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" All of us write wish fulfillment. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

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

" The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure. "

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

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "