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

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!

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.

I'm a rich man. To have everything you need is the definition of affluence.

False humility is quite like the worst of both worlds: both that of Meekness and that of Conceit.

Business is ultimately about people and we can't be effective in business without having some insight into people.

Respect is a kind of magic too, you know.

Love from one being to another can only be that two solitudes come nearer recognize and protect and comfort each other.

But for my own example, I'd never believe one little kid could have so much brains!

I know about Woodstock probably as much as your average person who is over 30, where I'd know Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Grateful Dead.

Consciousness is nature's nightmare.

Again, I'm used to speaking to a lot of people; I have a lot of friends and family, and I perform music and speak in front of a lot of crowds. So I share with people already a lot in my life.

There's a lot of sensuality that I associate with travel. And that's romance.

It was not always easy because I was always an individual and found it difficult to be one of a group.