David Baldacci Quotes & Sayings

“Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!”

“As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and are not, and people who were punished wrongfully are not vindicated. Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.”

“Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it?”

“People who have expertise just love to share it. That's human nature.”

“Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.”

“I'm tired of people screaming about price and forgetting about the content.”

“I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good.”

“The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and what their life has been like.”

“I'm scattered, and then that last hundred pages, bam, I'm a laser.”

“But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.”