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Lee Child, whose real name is James Douglas Harris, is a renowned British author, best known for his Jack Reacher series of novels. His works are characterized by the hard-boiled detective novel style and have won the favor of readers worldwide.

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“Practically any Western has a homesteader in trouble, and a mysterious rider shows up off the range, solves the problem over two or three days, and then rides off into the sunset.”

Two Shows Problem Three Trouble Western Solve Mysterious Range Sunset Riders

Author:Lee Child

“I always wanted to be in the world of entertainment. I just love the idea of an audience being happy with what I am doing. Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.”

People World Writing Ideas Wanted Audience Entertainment Scary Shy

Author:Lee Child

“Plan A is to hitch a ride out of here. But if they want a war, then plan B is to win it.”

Ifs Want War Winning Plans Plan B

Book:The Essential Jack Reacher, Volume 2, 6-Book Bundle: 61 Hours, Worth Dying For, The Affair, A Wanted Man, Never Go Back, Personal

Source: The Essential Jack Reacher, Volume 2, 6-Book Bundle: 61 Hours, Worth Dying For, The Affair, A Wanted Man, Never Go Back, Personal

“I write in the afternoon, from about 12 until 6 or 7. I use an upstairs room as my office. Once I get going I keep at it, and it usually takes about six months from the first blank screen until 'The End.”

Writing Firsts Ends Use Rooms Months Office Six Screens Afternoon Blank Six Months Upstairs

Author:Lee Child

“I do a little fact checking now and then. Other than that its impact is simply that email has revolutionized communication for me, and my website has built up a community of readers, which is a lot of fun.”

Littles Facts Fun Community Communication Reader Built Impact Now And Then Email Website

Author:Lee Child

“I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there's more backstage work in television, so I saw a job advertised and applied, and got it. That was back in 1977, when getting jobs was easy.”

World Jobs Easy Saws Television Theater Backgrounds

Author:Lee Child

“Full of thrills and tension - but smart and human too.”

Humans Smart Tension

Author:Lee Child

“Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!”

Written

Author:Lee Child

“People who wear glasses, without them they always look unfocused, vulnerable. Out in the open. A layer removed.”

People Looks Glasses Vulnerable Layers

Book:Killing Floor: (Jack Reacher 1)

Source: Killing Floor: (Jack Reacher 1)

“I'd never believed in luck. Never had any cause to. Never relied on it, because I never could.”

Causes Luck

Book:Lee Child's Jack Reacher

Source: Lee Child's Jack Reacher

“I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity.”

Should Kind Government Common Products Common Sense Producers Target Censorship Sensitivity

Author:Lee Child

“So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to become a novelist. So I wrote the first book - driven by some very real feelings of desperation - and it worked.”

World Firsts Book Real Feelings Jobs Felt Answers Entertainment Driven Novelists Logical Desperation Real Feelings

Author:Lee Child

“The British regulatory system was revised, so that bigger profits were encouraged, which removed the option of big spending on programming. Quality just fell off a cliff, and all the old hands either left or were fired for being too expensive.”

Hands Bigs Left Quality Bigger Profit British Spending Expensive Programming Cliffs Downsizing Jumping Off A Cliff

Author:Lee Child

“For men, as they get bogged down with responsibilities, commitments, bureaucracy, it is a fantasy just to think of shedding everything literally, walking away with nothing at all, and just hitting the road.”

Thinking Men Responsibility Fantasy Walking Commitment Hitting Bureaucracy Walking Away

Author:Lee Child

“I don't need validation, recognition or praise. What I need are facts and the facts are that one of my books gets sold, somewhere in the world, every second.”

World Needs Book Facts Praise Recognition Validation Every Second

Author:Lee Child

“I love visiting LA. It's an endlessly fascinating city, and is, of course, America's entertainment capital. Each time I go, I fall in love with it all over again. That said, it's not the sort of place I'd want to live.”

Want Said America Fall Courses Cities Falling In Love Entertainment Fascinating Visiting I Fall In Love

Author:Lee Child

“I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.”

Book Reading Left Seats Hotel Reading Books Airplane

Author:Lee Child

“It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem.”

Ifs Knows Problem Personal Problems

Author:Lee Child

“It's always tense when you move a character from a book to the screen. Always tense.”

Book Character Moving Screens Tense

Author:Lee Child

“LA has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever.”

Lasts Forever Car Scene Climate Fantastic Gentle

Author:Lee Child

“Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me.”

Actors

Author:Lee Child