The most sustained feat of imagination in mystery fiction today.

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.

How is it possible, as you get to know someone better, to realize how good his past is at not letting you find out anything more about him?

Every precious thing that you want out of life starts from believing that you possess an unstoppable drive to continuously strive and thrive.

I grew up in a pretty large family. We were really close-knit, so I definitely want to have lots and lots of children.

To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which you have even if you have nothing else.

Had an audition for a pilot today, but realized I could save gas and help the environment by pissing up a rope here at home!

Hovind said he was entering a not guilty plea 'under duress'.

On energy, we should be exploring for domestic sources of energy.

Terror is nothing more than justice, prompt, secure and inflexible.

It is not fair to treat as serious that which is only said in joke.

To seek, beneath the universal strife, the hidden harmony of things.