It's always tense when you move a character from a book to the screen. Always tense.

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.

The best boss is the one who bosses the least.

Sacrifice is the ecstasy of giving the best we have to the One we love most.

If you live your life with passion, every second will become an adventure.

My parents were hugely supportive like that. I was always the best - it's so embarrassing, isn't it? I was always the best at everything.

When the modern scholar cites from a classic text, the quotation seems to burn a hole in his own drab page.

If I was a gold-digger, I would have a lot of money in my bank account. I'd be worth millions and millions.

I may not be perfect, but I'm trying.

My hobbies and leisure activities include cars and golf.

Writing is so hard. And then, sometimes, it is so bewilderingly easy.

I suppose I'll be able to get a drink there... I told the stewardess liquor for three... Who are the other two?...Oh, there are no other two