The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

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.

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

In a relationship, no amount of extra effort on your part can make up for a lack of effort on theirs.

GOD is watching us, from a Distance.

I have no time to waste on this planet being told what to do by those who think that God has given them instructions.

Everywhere is here and every when is now.

I want to lie, shipwrecked and comatose, Drinking fresh mango juice. Goldfish shoals, nibbling at my toes. Fun fun fun in the sun sun sun. Fun fun fun in the sun sun sun.

He smelt of the sun, as if it had seeped deep into his skin, and I found myself inhaling silently, as if he were something delicious.

The soul unfolds itself, like a lotus of countless petals.

I'm not someone who feels the pressure of someone else's expectations. That's a very young way to feel.

You don't need any brains to listen to music.

People think I'm smarter than I am.