Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
I'm a wicked ping-pong player.
I'm ever curious about the world.
Anyone who's lived has lost somebody.
Trapped in a trap of your own making.
I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about.
But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.
Half truths were a wonderful way to inspire credibility.
I can write with a crying child on my lap. I have. Often.
Assumptions are dangerous things. I like facts a lot better.
Time doesn't really heal, it just makes you not to give a crap
As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice.
A young man's ambition, can there be a more fleeting prospect?
Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.
You learn a lot about a person when she saves your life, - Mecho
I'm scattered, and then that last hundred pages, bam, I'm a laser.
Confidence is inspiring. Yet so often misplaced. (Robert Thornhill)
Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?
People who have expertise just love to share it. That's human nature.
I'm tired of people screaming about price and forgetting about the content.
Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it?
Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year.
It's hard, Cotton. To let yourself love something you know you may never have.
Shaw, we're going to die, aren't we?" Probably. Why?" Just wanted confirmation.
It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between.
Passion is a rare commodity. When you find it, treasure it and never give it up!
Confidence is one thing, disrespect is quite another. (Justice Elizabeth Knight)
Today might not be so good. But tomorrow, you got another chance to get it right.
You haven't yet seen me be rude. When I am it's unmistakable. - Michelle Maxwell.
The real worth of a person came from how he acted during the bad times. (John Fiske)
Nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved.
Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!
Libraries rock! Not a sermon, just a fact. As a kid I was a library rat and books changed my life. They can change yours.
But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.
When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level.
People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.
The human spirit was the strongest medicine on earth. And sometimes all it needed was a little encouragement to pull off a miracle.
I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.
Depending on the situation, sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you have crossed paths with all your life.
In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.
Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.
Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appoinment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it's gone, it doesn't comeback.
I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good.
That's what civilization sometimes did to threats, real or perceived. They walled them off. Us against them. Survival of the fittest. You die so I can live.
Only I could drink a thousand drinks and never forget a damn thing. I would just remember every detail of the thousand drinks down to the shapes of the ice cubes.
See, that why I ain’t go to church. Figger I got me a church wherever I be. Want’a talk to God, well I say, ‘howdy-howdy, God,’ and we jaw fer a bit.’ - Jimmy ‘Diamond’ Skinner
Pender laughed. "Verify? In this day and age? Who cares about verifying anything? It's all about the speed. Who gets there first defines the truth. You know that as well as any man living.
I look for material that both interest me and challenges me. If I am drawn to the material and I have to work hard at it, the characters and the plots reflect the hours and hours of research.
Most folks here got rules 'bout trespassing. Warning shot's fired right close to the head. Get they's attention. Next shot gets a lot more personal. Now I'm too old to waste time firing a warning shot.
The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and what their life has been like.
As my father wrote, one's courage, hope, and spirit can be severely tried by the happenstance of life. But as I learned on this Virginia mountain, so long as one never loses faith, it is impossible to ever truly be alone.