Quotes from Nelson DeMille

A lot of our perception of history is influenced by inaccurate movies.

Job happiness is directly proportional to the distance you are from the home office.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.

How you handle life depends a lot on how you handle plan B, or if you have a plan B.

There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile.

I thought to myself, what is everyone's worst fear? Nuclear terrorism in America.

It's good to stay as close to real life as you can, and then kind of dress it up.

The meaning of life has not much to do with good and evil, right and wrong, duty, honor, country, or any of that. It has to do with cutting the right deal.

I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'.

Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.

There is no terra incognito left.

I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.

G.I. humor is similar to cop humor.

The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's.

We're all pilgrims on the same journey - but some pilgrims have better road maps.

I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday.

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

Mrs. Corey still uses her maiden name for business, or when she wants to pretend she doesn't know me.

Even the most radical Islamic terrorist would not want to see the revered holy city of Medina go up. It would be like losing the Vatican in Rome.

I don't name sources.

There is no harder worker than a former government employee who has discovered the word incentive.

The air was so thick with testosterone that the wallpaper was getting soggy.

Detective Ramos confided in me, 'If something happens to you on my watch my ass is O-U-T.' 'How do you think I'd feel? D-E-A-D.