It's a kind of zen question: if you write a book and no one reads it, is it really a book?

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.

Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf.

Even with my deepest soul I knew too well that all of these were just a stairs to heaven.

Early to bed and early to rise Makes a man healthy wealthy and wise.

I don't look to the negative people because the only people who ever tell you that you can't do something are the ones who haven't done it themselves... the ones who failed.

My crazy's working a lot better than your sanity.

I have an ego like anybody else, but I don't need to be stoked by going before the public all the time.

Survival instincts are one of those things that never die.

While working as a team, you push yourself forward and move outside the boundaries. It's a great thing.

I believe that if, at the end, according to our abilities, we have done something to make others a little happier, and something to make ourselves a little happier, that is about the best we can do.

Life's a roller coaster, and you never know when it's going to take a turn.