Quotes from Nelson DeMille

Nelson Richard DeMille was born in New York City on August 23, 1943 to Huron and Antonia (Panzera) DeMille, then moved with his parents to Long Island.

I'd written my name on the blackboard, and under my name I wrote the name of the course for the would-be Sherlock Holmeses who needed more than the instructor's name and room number to be certain they were in the right place.

No, I didn't go to our language schools. My grandmother taught me Russian." "Evelina Vasileva Putyatova?" "So, you were paying attention. Odd for a man." "I'm a spy. I listen." "And look and file things away. Anyway, my grandmother was a wonderful woman.

Plagiarism is the sincerest form of flattery

You can trade with ninety-five percent of the rest of the world. Stop blaming the American embargo for all your problems. Your problems are made in Cuba.

Diplomacy is the art of saying nice doggy, until you can find a rock.

stock market has gone to hell, and people have

an officer and a gentleman by an act of Congress, but an asshole by choice." The military also discourages

and there was that pregnant silence in the air, the silence between a husband and wife who have just had words, and it is unlike any other silence except perhaps the awful stillness you hear between the flash of an atomic bomb and the blast. Five, four, three, two, one.

had to tell Jimmy to lighten up

But better to imagine the worst than to experience it.

The only passport you need in America is American Express.

willful ignorance.

He shrugged. "I don't know. Maybe 1900." I nodded. A real slick entrepreneur would have made the most of that: Giulio's; family-owned on Mott Street since 1899. (The last century always sounds better.)

My sister, Lynne, has relocated with her A-hole husband to the West Coast—wherever that is.

Don't buy anything. My philosophy is, if it flies, floats, or fucks, rent it.

Because, as we used to say in the NYPD: A single death is a tragedy; multiple deaths are a sanitation problem.

And here I am again, not convalescing this time but decompressing, which is a lot better than decomposing.

but every time I run into her in New York, she has a new guy, making me think she's had more fresh mounts than a Pony Express rider.

but if you don't know where you're going or why, you're either a government employee or you're aimless.

Cops sit on their asses and flip through their folders. Feds sit on their derrières and peruse their dossiers.

When Jack Colby first came aboard The Maine looking for a job, wearing a T-shirt that said: "Wounded Combat Vet—Some Reassembly Required

Meanwhile, I haven't had sex in so long I can't remember who brings the handcuffs.

The wineries attract tourists who like to talk about wine. I mean, do I talk about beer? It's beer. Drink it and shut up.