28 Lee Child Quotes for You to Enjoy

Lee Child

British Writer

Born: 1954

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Related authors: Alan Moore Arthur Conan Doyle J. B. Priestley Jane Austen Lawrence Durrell Mary Wollstonecraft Norman Douglas Tom Hodgkinson

Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it. Lee Child

People Writing See How Shy Shy People

For men, as they get bogged down with responsibilities, commitments, bureaucracy, it is a fantasy just to think of shedding everything literally, walking away with nothing at all, and just hitting the road. Lee Child

Men Nothing Down Think Everything Responsibilities Road Shedding Walking Get Hitting Bureaucracy Commitments Just Literally Fantasy Bogged Away

It's always tense when you move a character from a book to the screen. Always tense. Lee Child

Character You Book Tense Always Move Screen

L.A. has a fantastic car scene and because the climate is so gentle, cars can last forever. Lee Child

Car Scene Gentle Because Climate Forever Fantastic Last

Male authors always take care to make their heroes at least one inch taller than they are, and considerably more muscular. Just as female authors give their heroines better hair and slimmer thighs. Lee Child

Better Care Heroes Hair Heroines Considerably At Least One Give More Take Take Care Make Taller Female Always Least Male Than Authors Just Inch Thighs Muscular

The thriller is not a recent invention. It probably goes back to the dawn of storytelling. Lee Child

Invention Back Thriller Dawn Goes Storytelling Recent

I have a kind of old-fashioned, artisan approach. Lee Child

Approach Kind Artisan Old-Fashioned

I grew up in Birmingham, where they made useful things and made them well. Lee Child

Made Birmingham Well Up Where Grew Them Useful Things

We know we need civilization and laws and procedures, but isn't it frustrating? Wouldn't it be great if we could just do what we needed to do? Lee Child

Great Laws Civilization Could Know Just Procedures Frustrating Need Needed

It's always sad if anybody you know has a personal problem. Lee Child

Sad You Problem Know Always Personal Anybody

There is nothing wrong with just telling the story. Lee Child

Nothing Telling Wrong Just Story

The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end. Lee Child

Beginning Way Thriller Write Answer Question End Ask

For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader. Lee Child

Me Book Exciting Reader End Just

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. Lee Child

Sunset Problem Three Trouble Range Mysterious Over Days Practically Off Western Up Any Then Rider Rides Shows Two

I felt alienated by the experience and decided to stay away from corporate employment. Lee Child

Experience Corporate Alienated Stay Employment Felt Decided Away

I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation. Lee Child

Simple Job Situation Television Classic Fired Well Really

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

First Once Months About Blank Write Takes Until End Office Get Going Six Screen Upstairs Afternoon Room Use Keep

It's a tough case and the first time Reacher needs to recruit somebody to help him out. He uses a woman he knew in the army she's a fascinating character. Lee Child

Time Needs Character Army Woman Somebody Tough First Out Case Recruit He Knew She Him First Time Help Uses Fascinating

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

Entertainment Book World Desperation Logical Job First Feelings Become Stay Inside Some Only Driven Wrote Another Felt Without Answer How Real Very Getting Worked Novelist Actually

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