“I was trained in Army Intelligence, but spent most of my army career in the infantry. But like many people of my generation, I was very much caught up in the Cold War, and books and movies about espionage.” PeopleBookWarCareersGenerationsColdArmyCaughtCold WarCaught UpMy GenerationEspionageInfantryBooks And Movies Author:Nelson DeMille
“I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my typist.” WritingHandsPencilsManuscriptsPadsProcessors Author:Nelson DeMille
“I sometimes use some personality traits to fashion part of a character. Most of my characters are composites of either people I know or people in the public eye.” PeopleKnowsSometimesCharacterUseEyeFashionPersonalityTraitsPublic EyePersonality TraitsComposites Author:Nelson DeMille
“I think it's more difficult now to write a spy thriller with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many authors have tried, but few have succeeded in capturing the interest of readers.” ThinkingWritingDifficultInterestReaderUnionsSovietCollapseSoviet UnionSpyThrillers Author:Nelson DeMille
“It's much different today than it was during the Cold War. The CIA is not the subject of many books anymore. But that might change, because of international terrorism and Red China.” BookDifferentWarMightTodaySubjectsColdRedInternationalChinaTerrorismCold WarCiaInternational Terrorism Author:Nelson DeMille
“Most of my books are about contemporary subjects, and the world changes so fast that I'm lucky when events haven't overtaken the book I'm writing at the moment.” WorldWritingBookMomentsSubjectsEventsHavensLuckyContemporary Author:Nelson DeMille
“For me the fascination with biography is the life of the individual in the context of history.” IndividualBiographiesFascination Author:Rachel Holmes
“A biography is never a biography of one person, of course, but the individual life of your protagonist will never conform. It will always bang up against history.” PersonsCoursesIndividualConformBiographiesBangsProtagonistsIndividual Life Author:Rachel Holmes
“I really wish I was less of a thinking man and more of a fool not afraid of rejection.” ThinkingMenWishFoolRejectionNot AfraidFavouriteThinking Man Author:Billy Joel