Nelson DeMille Quotes

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• If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real…
• Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.
• I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday,
• I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.
• I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.
• Absolutely breathtaking, nail-biting, and edge-of-your-seat. Michael Koryta is a master at maintaining suspense and a hell of a good writer. THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD…
• We're all pilgrims on the same journey but some pilgrims have better road maps.
• It's good to stay as close to real life as you can, and then kind of dress it up.
• Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.
• How you handle life depends a lot on how you handle plan B, or if you have a plan B.
• I don't like mysteries, which is why I want to solve them. It bothers me that there are things I don't know.
• Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but dont rise to the level of nuclear.
• Even the most radical Islamic terrorist would not want to see the revered holy city of Medina go up. It would be like losing the…
• G.I. humor is similar to cop humor.
• I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.
• I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'.
• I thought to myself, what is everyone's worst fear? Nuclear terrorism in America.
• Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great.
• The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's.
• There is no terra incognito left.

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