James Rollins Quotes

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• I do have an office where about 70 percent of my writing gets done, but sometimes it does get a bit stir-crazy to be cooped…
• The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if really want to write, it's time to start. I picked up the…
• Throughout history, knowledge rises and falls, ebbs and flows. What once was known is forgotten again, lost in time, sometimes for centuries, only to be…
• A stunner…reminds me of Tom Clancy at his finest.
• Andy Harp's RETRIBUTION is a stunner:  a blow to the gut and shot of adrenaline.  Here is a novel written with authentic authority…
• Growing up with three brothers and three sisters, I was the storyteller of the family... what my mother called 'The Liar.'
• I subscribe to National Geographic, Scientific American, Discover, and a slew of other magazines. And it is while reading articles for pleasure and interest that…
• When someone is always looking over their shoulder, they're more likely to trip.
• For some reason, some of my best solutions and ideas are triggered in those dark theaters, usually totally unrelated to what's going on onscreen. I…
• Generally, if you preface an interview request with, 'I'm an author writing a book,' for some reason, that seems to open a lot of doors.
• I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before…
• I'm pretty disciplined to keep the momentum of a story going by writing everyday, even if it's only a couple paragraphs or a page or…
• I've mis-signed many a book Rollins or Clemens. My readers quickly become aware. Booksellers will often promote me under both names, and I do plug…
• With two books a year, I don't have time for writer's block.
• I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.
• The hope for our nation and our world lies within our ability to innovate and move forward technologically.
• Fiction writing was in my blood from a very young age, but I never considered writing as a real career. I thought you had to…
• I think the worst and most insidious procrastination for me is research. I will be looking for some bit of fact or figure to include…
• Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of…
• They wanted them to look like the Gods. God doesn't look like this.

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