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

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.

It's not what you go through that makes you strong: it is how you handle the situation that gives you strength.

But Rosa soon made the discovery that Miss Twinkleton didn't read fairly. She cut the love-scenes, interpolated passages in praise of female celibacy, and was guilty of other glaring pious frauds.

Amid all that blood of the dying sun, the verde was still alive.

In ocean of tears, the heart of stone sinks. (Dans l'océan de larmes, - Le coeur de pierre donc coule.)

We crucify ourselves between two thieves: regret for yesterday and fear of tomorrow.

A man who gets divorced is not forever going to be talked about for it. There are very different standards that we have for women than we have for men.

... a curious superstition. This is the belief that, if there be introspection at all, it must give exhaustive and infallible information.

If I'm offered a good case in Florida or a good case somewhere else, South Florida will win every time.

Under democracy, individual liberty of opinion and action is jealously guarded.

The women I love most are Latina - my sister, mother, and daughter. They're spontaneous but spend a majority of their time trying to make others happy.