Hit them fast, hit them hard, and hit them a lot.

I know I'm smarter than an armadillo

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

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.

I had a teacher once, grade school somewhere. Philippines, I think, because she always wore a big white hat. So it was somewhere hot. I was always twice the size of the other kids, and she used to say to me: count to ten before you get mad, Reacher. And I've counted way past ten on this one. Way past.

Plan A is to hitch a ride out of here. But if they want a war, then plan B is to win it.

I always wanted to be in the world of entertainment. I just love the idea of an audience being happy with what I am doing. Writing is showbusiness for shy people. That's how I see it.