Quotes from Dan Brown

without a doubt, that we evolved from apes." Langdon nodded. "I'm

I think I was a shy kid. I grew up without television. I had a dog, and we lived up in the White Mountains in the summer, and I had no friends up there. And I would just go play hide-and-seek with my dog and probably had some imaginary friends.

For me, the spiritual quest will be a life-long work in progress.

Although I studied Dante's Inferno as a student, it wasn't until recently, while researching in Florence, that I came to appreciate the enduring influence of Dante's work on the modern world.

I'm trying to write books that taste like ice cream but have the nutrition of vegetables.

The more science I studied, the more I saw that physics becomes metaphysics and numbers become imaginary numbers. The farther you go into science, the mushier the ground gets. You start to say, 'Oh, there is an order and a spiritual aspect to science.'

I often will write a scene from three different points of view to find out which has the most tension and which way I'm able to conceal the information I'm trying to conceal. And that is, at the end of the day, what writing suspense is all about.

Death is usually an all-or-nothing thing!

Life is filled with secrets. You can't learn them all at once.

The Bible is the product of man, my dear. Not of God. The Bible did not fall magically from the clouds. Man created it as a historical record of tumultuous times, and it has evolved through countless translations, additions, and revisions. History has never had a definitive version of the book.

For me, the joy of writing is the exploration of ideas, whether that be science, religion, history, or philosophy. I think a great story is one that entertains, educates, and inspires, all at the same time.

Smart people don't have the luxury of playing stupid.

Terrorism is not an expression of rage. Terrorism is a political weapon. Remove a government's facade of infallibility, and you remove its people's faith.

Nobody is more indoctrinated than the indoctrinator.

I don't think anyone wants to write a book that people don't like, but you have to write the book you want to write. You have to be true to yourself and hope that people will respond to that.

Pain is a part of growing up. It's how we learn.

Politics was not just about winning the election, it was about winning decisively--having the momentum to carry out one's vision. Historically, any president who squeaked into office on a narrow margin accomplished much less; he was weakened right out of the gate, and Congress never seemed to let him forget it.

History is always written by the winners. When two cultures clash, the loser is obliterated, and the winner writes the history books-books which glorify their own cause and disparage the conquered foe. As Napoleon once said, 'What is history, but a fable agreed upon?

I spend my life essentially alone at a computer. That doesn't change. I have the same challenges every day.

Google' is not a synonym for 'research'.

There's a lot of stress... but once you get in the car, all that goes out the window.

Two thousand years ago, we lived in a world of Gods and Goddesses. Today, we live in a world solely of Gods. Women in most cultures have been stripped of their spiritual power.

Everything is possible. The impossible just takes longer.