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

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 reason why many people remain on the bottom is because they play to 'not lose', as opposed to playing to win at all costs.

Only in the world of mathematics do two negatives multiply into a positive.

I'm patient.

If I had but an hour of love,if that be all that is given me,an hour of love upon this earth,I would give my love to thee.

The U.K. really is made up of four nations that never really became one.

The race is lost. You can't overtake here and I'm starting from 15th... It's over already.

Perhaps pure reason without heart would never have thought of God.

I really love the experience of moving things around, in terms of being a director.

Don t play this piece fast. It is never right to play ragtime fast.

I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here.