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.

The best fights are the ones you don't have", a wise man once said to me.

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

Don't get it right - get it WRITTEN!

No, I'm a man with a rule. People leave me alone, I leave them alone. If they don't, I don't.

I don't want to put the world to rights... I just don't like people who put the world to wrongs.

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.