People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other? — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year. — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Libraries rock! Not a sermon, just a fact. As a kid I was a library rat and books changed my life. They… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it? — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
It's the hardest thing in the world to put yourself in someone else's place, try to really feel what they feel, figure out why… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“That’s what’s called a ‘valley fill.’ What they fill it with the coal companies call ‘overburden.’ That’s basically everything they tore off the land:… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything. — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
That's what civilization sometimes did to threats, real or perceived. They walled them off. Us against them. Survival of the fittest. You die so… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“That’s good to hear, Billy. Kids have enough shit to deal with without somebody who is supposed to love them beating the crap out… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy! — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
“There was a time when Stone would have rated a platoon of crackerjack killers coming for him by land, sea and air. Those days… — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have. — David Baldacci Copy Share Image
