Nelson DeMille Quotes

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

It's really scary when you have a moment of temporary sanity.

I enjoy the presence of a woman in the house for brief periods of time. They fall into two categories: the organizers and the slobs. There’s probably a third category—the naggers, who try to get you to do things, but I’ve never run into one of those. Oddly, I have no preference regarding oganizers or slobs, as long as they don’t try to pick my clothes for me. Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees. It works fine if people stick to their fated roles. But nobody does.

Absolutely breathtaking, nail-biting, and edge-of-your-seat. Michael Koryta is a master at maintaining suspense and a hell of a good writer. THOSE WHO WISH ME DEAD is one of the best chase-and-escape novels you’ll read this year-or any other year. The pace never lets up.

…made me promise to cut down on the drinking and swearing, which I have. Unfortunately, this has left me dim-witted and nearly speechless.

I sometimes use some personality traits to fashion part of a character. Most of my characters are composites of either people I know or people in the public eye.

Everyone looked pensive, which is good cover-up for clueless.

There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don't understand their own backyard. It's a private preserve.

I try to end every chapter with an air of suspense. I try to leave the reader wanting to turn the page.

I turned to the Times crossword puzzle and asked Kate, “What’s the definition of a moderate Arab?” “I don’t know.” “A guy who ran out of ammunition.

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.

It's much different today than it was during the Cold War. The CIA is not the subject of many books anymore. But that might change, because of international terrorism and Red China.

Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.

Kate had never been married, so she had no way of knowing if I was a normal husband. This has been good for our marriage.

Most of my books are about contemporary subjects, and the world changes so fast that I'm lucky when events haven't overtaken the book I'm writing at the moment.

Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great.

Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.

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

I don't like mysteries, which is why I want to solve them. It bothers me that there are things I don't know.

I try to use short sentences, short paragraphs and short chapters to keep the reader's interest.