Lee Child quotes - page 4

So, how to stay inside the world of entertainment without actually getting another job? I felt the only logical answer was to become a novelist. So I wrote the first book - driven by some very real feelings of desperation - and it worked. (Lee Child)
The British regulatory system was revised, so that bigger profits were encouraged, which removed the option of big spending on programming. Quality just fell off a cliff, and all the old hands either left or were fired for being too expensive. View quote
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All of us write wish fulfillment. View quote
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I was in television drama, which is a first cousin to the movies, and I trust myself to make the right decisions. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'd been a thriller reader all my life. View quote
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I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer. View quote
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My mother still calls me Jim and that is about it. Everyone else calls me Lee. My wife calls me whatever. View quote
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I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it. View quote
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L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever. View quote
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The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling. (Lee Child)
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. View quote
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I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach. View quote
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I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. View quote
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I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me. View quote
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Most actors are small, anyway - at least compared to me. View quote
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For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader. View quote
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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. View quote
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I'm not really into gourmet food; I'm the kind of guy who just stops by a place that looks good rather than heading for the restaurant of the moment. View quote
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What do I miss about the UK? Sadly, almost nothing. Maybe the midnight sun, in June in the north. That's all. View quote
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I write in the afternoon, from about 12 until 6 or 7. I use an upstairs room as my office. Once I get going I keep at it, and it usually takes about six months from the first blank screen until 'The End. (Lee Child)
I had a brief theater background and loved the backstage world there's more backstage work in television, so I saw a job advertised and applied, and got it. That was back in 1977, when getting jobs was easy. View quote
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I wanted readers to be genuinely unsure as to whether she's telling the truth or lying. It meant making her partly sympathetic, and partly unsympathetic, which wasn't easy. View quote
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It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem. View quote
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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. View quote
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