Lee Child

“the open! So go for it! Jump on it! Just gobble it right up! “I don’t know,” he said. “We need to…

— Lee Child

“... He also said, if you can't acquaint an opponent with tease, you must acquaint his head with the sidewalk. He was…

— Lee Child

“No one expects a head butt. Humans don’t hit things with their heads. Some inbuilt atavistic instinct says so. A head butt…

— Lee Child

They found out about him in July and stayed angry all through August. They tried to kill him in September. It was…

— Lee Child

I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer.

— Lee Child

“You threatening me now?” “More like the weather report. A public service. Like a tornado warning. Prepare to take cover.”

— Lee Child

“Not while there are dogs on the street,” he”

— Lee Child

“Never forgive, never forget. Do it once and do it right. You reap what you sow. Plans go to hell as soon…

— Lee Child

“How much do you work out?" "I don't," he said. "It's genetic." Which it was. Puberty had brought him many things unbidden,…

— Lee Child

“Be friendly with the cookhouse detail.”

— Lee Child

“chest, pressing damp cotton against her skin, the ball of his thumb down in her cleavage. Not a tender gesture.”

— Lee Child

“It’s like walking out of a movie. Being made to walk out of a movie that you’re really enjoying. That’s what worried…

— Lee Child

Don't be sad that roses have thorns. Be glad that thorns have Roses. Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it…

— Lee Child

I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence.

— Lee Child

“If somebody’s got money outside of his salary, it shows up somewhere.”

— Lee Child

“103 and the even more basic 2 and 515. So, 1030. A thousand and thirty. A mistake. Maybe. Or, maybe not a…

— Lee Child

“key. I need to move up into Duke’s job. Then I’ll be top boy on Beck’s side. Then I’ll”

— Lee Child

“fiction started up, and we started burning brain cells on stories about things that didn’t happen to people who didn’t exist. Why?…

— Lee Child

“bought seven and four, then Scorpio bought eight. His phone number is one higher than”

— Lee Child

“Kinetic energy is a wonderful thing”

— Lee Child

“computer paper folded”

— Lee Child

Evaluate. Long experience had taught me to evaluate and assess. When the unexpected gets dumped on you, don’t waste time. Don’t figure…

— Lee Child

“be good. You know, stick”

— Lee Child

“Like they were puppets, and the puppeteer had sneezed.”

— Lee Child

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.

— Lee Child