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Famous Lee Child Quotes
“The best fights are the ones you don't have", a wise man once said to me.”
“The first day of the rest of my life.”
“He had fallen out of the ugly tree, and hit every branch.”
“Hit them fast, hit them hard, and hit them a lot.”
“I don't want to put the world to rights... I just don't like people who put the world to wrongs.”
“Some old guy once said that the meaning of life is that it ends.”
“A handgun at two hundred feet is the same thing as crossing your fingers and making a wish.”
“Spread love and understanding,” Reacher said. “Use force if necessary.”
“Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.”
“I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.”
“I felt alienated by the experience and decided to stay away from corporate employment.”
“For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader.”
“I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.”
“I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well.”
“I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence.”
“The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling.”
“The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.”