Lee Child Quotes & Sayings (Page 5)

“L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.”

“Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me.”

“My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever.”

“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.”

“The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure.”

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

“Yeah, I am pretty sure of myself.”

“I don't need validation, recognition or praise. What I need are facts and the facts are that one of my books gets sold, somewhere in the world, every second.”

“I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there's more backstage work in television, so I saw a job advertised and applied, and got it. That was back in 1977, when getting jobs was easy.”

“I love visiting LA. It's an endlessly fascinating city, and is, of course, America's entertainment capital. Each time I go, I fall in love with it all over again. That said, it's not the sort of place I'd want to live.”