Nelson DeMille Quotes
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I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.
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A lot of our perception of history is influenced by inaccurate movies.
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Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees.
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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.
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How you handle life depends a lot on how you handle plan B, or if you have a plan B.
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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.
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I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday.
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There is no terra incognito left.
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I have no plans to use the Internet as the main subject of a novel.
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We're all pilgrims on the same journey but some pilgrims have better road maps.
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Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.
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There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile.
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I've always been fascinated by the Gold Coast. The homes themselves are spectacular, unlike anything you'll see other than in Newport, Bar Harbor or Palm Beach. It's a very special area that, because of local demographics, is not going to survive much longer.
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I try to use short sentences, short paragraphs and short chapters to keep the reader's interest.
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Even the most radical Islamic terrorist would not want to see the revered holy city of Medina go up. It would be like losing the Vatican in Rome.
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I try to end every chapter with an air of suspense. I try to leave the reader wanting to turn the page.
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It's really scary when you have a moment of temporary sanity.
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Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.
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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.
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Mrs. Corey still uses her maiden name for business, or when she wants to pretend she doesn’t know me.
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G.I. humor is similar to cop humor.
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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.
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Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.
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I think it's more difficult now to write a spy thriller with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many authors have tried, but few have succeeded in capturing the interest of readers.
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...the most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.
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Job happiness is directly proportional to the distance you are from the home office.
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I was trained in Army Intelligence, but spent most of my army career in the infantry. But like many people of my generation, I was very much caught up in the Cold War, and books and movies about espionage.
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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.
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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.
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Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but dont rise to the level of nuclear.
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