Lee Child

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

— Lee Child

#compared #least #me #most #small

My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever. ↗

— Lee Child

#calls #else #everyone #jim #lee

I have the 'thing' worked out - the trick or the surprise or the pivotal fact. Then I just start somewhere and let the story work itself out. ↗

— Lee Child

#i #itself #just #out #pivotal

She's a reflection of my fascination with the diversity of America she's totally normal in New York, but a freak in Texas. There are dozens of such clashes in America. ↗

— Lee Child

#clashes #diversity #dozens #fascination #freak

So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be burnt-out in this job. ↗

— Lee Child

#idiot #job #keep #long #plan

The key to thrillers is vicarious pleasure. ↗

— Lee Child

#pleasure #thrillers #vicarious

The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling. ↗

— Lee Child

#dawn #goes #invention #probably #recent

The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end. ↗

— Lee Child

#ask #beginning #end #question #thriller

There is nothing wrong with just telling the story. ↗

— Lee Child

#nothing #story #telling #wrong

We know we need civilization and laws and procedures, but isn't it frustrating? Wouldn't it be great if we could just do what we needed to do? ↗

— Lee Child

#could #frustrating #great #just #know