People who wear glasses, without them they always look unfocused, vulnerable. Out in the open. A layer removed.

Slippery slope. I carry a spare shirt, pretty soon I'm carrying spare pants. Then I'd need a suitcase. Next thing I know, I've got a house and a car and a savings plan and I'm filling out all kinds of forms.

Reacher said, "So here's the thing Brett. Either you take your hand off my chest, or I'll take it off your wrist.

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

I'd been a thriller reader all my life.

People spend thousands of dollars on stereos. Sometimes tens of thousands. There is a specialist industry right here in the States which builds stereo gear to a standard you wouldn't believe. Tubed amplifiers which cost more than a house. Speakers taller than me. Cables thicker than a garden hose. Some army guys had that stuff. I'd heard it on bases around the world. Wonderful. But they were wasting their money. Because the best stereo in the world is free. Inside your head. It sounds as good as you want it to. As loud as you want it to be.

I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.