The first day of the rest of my life.

Many years from now when your children ask what New York City was like just after 9/11, this will be the book you give them in response. It's an exquisite novel full of heart, soul, passion and intelligence, and it's the one this great New York author was born to write.

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.

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

I have three desks. One empty for paperwork, one for the internet and email, and one for the writing computer.

I'd never believed in luck. Never had any cause to. Never relied on it, because I never could.