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

Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

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

Don't be sad that roses have thorns. Be glad that thorns have Roses. Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen.

Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!

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

The first day of the rest of my life.

Spread love and understanding,” Reacher said. “Use force if necessary.

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.

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

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

Your life is a reflection of your thoughts and actions--what will you reflect?

You can't hit a target you cannot see, and you cannot see a target you do not have.

People tried to test me (in 1999) and I came up with some pretty good throws. Everybody on the team calls me 'Bazooka' now. That's kind of like a nickname I gave myself.

Learning is like a cow of desire. It, like her, yields in all seasons.

If I could not smile, I think my situation would be even more serious.

You can't just talk politics all the time - it's boring.

The commerce of the world is conducted by the strong, and usually it operates against the weak.

The great task of statesmanship is to apply past lessons to new situations, to draw correct analogies to understand and act upon present forces, to recognise the need for change.

It's great to have something you can be proud of.

As you are old and reverend, you should be wise.