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Lee Child
British
Writer
Born:
1954
Books
Just
Me
Nothing
Time
You
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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
I don't need validation, recognition or praise. What I need are facts and the facts are that one of my books gets sold, somewhere in the world, every second.
Lee Child
World
Somewhere
Every
Validation
Sold
Books
Recognition
Facts
Praise
Gets
Second
Need
Every Second
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
I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.
Lee Child
Life
Food
My Life
Other
Guy
Main
Main Thing
Like
Without
Any
Thing
You know, women are as promiscuous as men and yet, of course, people are inhibited from having an affair or a relationship because the real-world consequences are a drag.
Lee Child
Relationship
You
Women
People
Men
Consequences
Promiscuous
Having
Know
Course
Because
Affair
Women Are
Inhibited
Drag
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
I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time.
Lee Child
Time
Books
Per
Write
Driven
Environment
Hour
Because
Stimulating
Miles
Need
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
British crime stories tend to be very internal, psychological, claustrophobic, very limited in terms of geography.
Lee Child
Crime
Claustrophobic
Tend
Terms
Limited
Geography
Very
Stories
Psychological
Internal
British
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.
Lee Child
Government
Censorship
Sense
Kind
Some
Opposed
Target
Any
Common
Common Sense
Sensitivity
Plain
Producers
Should
Product
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
She's a reflection of my fascination with the diversity of America she's totally normal in New York, but a freak in Texas. There are dozens of such clashes in America.
Lee Child
Reflection
Diversity
Freak
Totally
New
She
Normal
Texas
America
York
New York
Fascination
Dozens
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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