Quotes from 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.

I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence.

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.

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.

No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.

Printing currency for foreigners to buy is the best racket a government can get into.

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.

Hope for the best, plan for the worst.

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

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.

Don't be sad that roses have thorns. Be glad that thorns have Roses. Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen.

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.

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

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?

Never forget a Favor, Never forgive a Slight!

Imagine the uproar if the Federal government tried to make everyone wear a radio transmitter around their neck so we can keep track of their movements. But people happily carry their cell phones in their purses and pockets.

I was in the machine. My whole life. Then the machine coughed and spat me out. So I thought, OK, if I'm out, I'm out. All the way out. I was a little angry and it was probably an immature reaction. But I got used to it.

Keeping your mouth shut is a devastating weapon. Your silence will make your opponent want to babble.

An unprovoked head butt is like bringing a sawed-off shotgun to a knife fight.

The third guy was different. He was what you got when you ate squirrels for four generations. Smarter than a rat and tougher than a goat, and jumpier than either one.

if you can't acquaint an opponent with reason, you must acquaint his head with the sidewalk.

Don't be sad that roses have thorns. Be glad that thorns have Roses. Today's the day I worried about yesterday and it didn't happen.

What doesn't kill you makes you stronger.

Where are the deputies?' 'On their way up to the first-aid post.' 'What happened to them?' 'I did.