She's a reflection of my fascination with the diversity of America she's totally normal in New York, but a freak in Texas. There are dozens of such clashes in America.

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.

As we age, we feel less like leaves and more like trees. We have roots that ground us and sturdy trunks that may sway, but don't break, in the wind.

Everything that is going to kill you is extremely appetizing.

The only Christian you want to listen to is the one who gives you more of a hunger for God.

I am not good at small talk. I will hide in a cupboard to avoid chitty-chat.

When the spotless ermine of the judicial robe fell on John Jay, it touched nothing less spotless than itself.

Abstract is not a style. I simply want to make a surface work. This is just a use of space and form: it's an ambivalence of forms and space.

If it isn't your job to do it, perhaps it is your opportunity

Eschew all those beastly adjectives.

War is a matter not so much of arms as of money.

Start your child's day with love and encouragement and end the day the same way.