The best fights are the ones you don't have", a wise man once said to me.

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.

Be of good courage.

If her soul ever leaks, I want it to land on me.

The more thinking minds, the less sinking world!

An easy life does not make men, nor does it build nations. Challenges make men, and it is these men who build nations.

Do not make yourself so big. You are not so small.

Green clovers. Blue diamonds. Orange Stars. Pink hearts. Purple horseshoes. Man, I never know if I'm looking at a bowl of cereal or having another acid flashback.

Thinking is no more than a tiny aspect of the totality of consciousness, the totality of who you are.

The nodding horror of whose shady brows Threats the forlorn and wandering passenger.

Fear is a negative thought in your mind. Supplant it with a constructive thought. Fear has killed millions. Confidence is greater than fear. Nothing is more powerful than faith in God and the good.

In England, we have such good manners that if someone says something impolite, the police will get involved.