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Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.
— Nelson DeMille
Mrs. Corey still uses her maiden name for business, or when she wants to pretend she doesn't know me.
— Nelson DeMille
Of course, DeMille never did anything on a small scale.
— Clint Walker
It's being handled. Your involvement isn't necessary. You're free to continue on your serial urination spree.
— Ilona Andrews
Everyone looked pensive, which is good cover-up for clueless.
— Nelson DeMille
No U.S. president can "fix" education, no law can systematize inspiration, and no amount of funding, policy or resources can structure passion.
— Oliver DeMille
You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.
— Nelson DeMille
Still reading but learning a lot about true education and the process of guiding our children in their educational pursuits.
— Oliver DeMille
This industry has been really good to me. It's been a great life. I'm not through yet. I'm ready when you are, Mr. DeMille.
— Anthony Hopkins
I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday.
— Nelson DeMille
How many more are there like you? (Maggie)Enough to make the cast of a Cecil B. DeMille film look like a two-man opera. (Wren) — Sherrilyn Kenyon
Most people spend less than 20 hrs a year learning about freedom, yet many wonder why it's in decline. Don't fight upstream. Instead, turn it around.
— Oliver DeMille
Ernest Hemingway was the author I drew inspiration from.
— Nelson DeMille
Until the American majority is willing to live within its means, it can hardly force its political leaders to do so.
— Oliver DeMille
Sometimes shit happens even if you have a shit shield
— Nelson DeMille
Panica deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis. — Nelson DeMille
... made me promise to cut down on the drinking and swearing, which I have. Unfortunately, this has left me dim-witted and nearly speechless.
— Nelson DeMille
Anything worth shooting is worth shooting twice. Ammo is cheap. And if your shooting stance is good, you're probably not moving fast enough.
— Nelson DeMille
We're allcriminally insane, but most of us have good control mechanisms,
internal and external. Remove the controls and you have a killer. — Nelson DeMille
G.I. humor is similar to cop humor.
— Nelson DeMille
I don't name sources.
— Nelson DeMille
The guy did okay for himself.
— Nelson DeMille
I have always admired the ability to bite off more than one can chew and then chew it.
— William C. DeMille
Indeed we all try to raise our children as if our past experiences are important for their future, but they rarely are.
— Nelson DeMille
The most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.
— Nelson DeMille
What I have crossed out I didn't like. What I haven't crossed out I'm dissatisfied with.
— Cecil B. DeMille
I try to use short sentences, short paragraphs and short chapters to keep the reader's interest.
— Nelson DeMille
There's hell, there's darkness, there is the sulphurous pit; burning, scalding, stench, consumption!
— Nelson DeMille
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.
— Nelson DeMille
I make my pictures for people, not for critics.
— Cecil B. DeMille
Real value means people value-and creating value really means helping people choose better lives.
— Oliver DeMille
Every time I make a picture the critics' estimate of American public taste goes down ten percent.
— Cecil B. DeMille
Never have sex with a woman who has more problems than you do.
— Nelson DeMille
Will you take this seriously? The future of an entire species is at stake.""Yes, we're going to save them with a fart gun. — Ilona Andrews
I know who didn't kill her." "Don't
— Nelson DeMille
I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.
— Nelson DeMille
Great education defies structure because it is always (always!) individualized, personalized, interactive, nimble, responsive and inspired.
— Oliver DeMille
Nostalgia is basically the ability to forget the things that sucked.
— Nelson DeMille
The slaves in Rome were incapable of leisure and so their masters gave them entertainment to keep them pacified.
— Oliver DeMille
The person who makes a success of living is the one who sees his goal steadily and aims for it unswervingly. That is dedication.
— Cecil B. DeMille
Creativity is a drug I cannot live without.
— Cecil B. DeMille
The problem in modern America is not that an individual can't make a difference, but that nearly all of us are too distracted to even consider trying.
— Oliver DeMille
Man has made 32 million laws since the Commandments were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai ... but he has never improved on God's law.
— Cecil B. DeMille
We tend to let our freedoms slip away because they are tucked away in documents and policies that we don't ever deal with directly.
— Oliver DeMille
I have no plans to use the Internet as the main subject of a novel.
— Nelson DeMille
I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.
— Nelson DeMille
As with real estate, what matters with bullet holes is location, location, location.
— Nelson DeMille
The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you are finished.
— Nelson DeMille
A dozen press agents working overtime can do terrible things to the human spirit.
— Cecil B. DeMille
Concurring.' But now we know what I suspected. Two people on the board voted for acquittal, which means there are
— Nelson DeMille
Women need a reason to have sex; men need only a place.
— Nelson DeMille
Well, no one ever said the truth would make you happy - only free.
— Nelson DeMille
Creation is a drug I can't do without.
— Cecil B. DeMille
I want to be the Cecil B. DeMille of science fiction.
— Steven Spielberg
Now, public libraries are most admirable institutions, but they have one irritating custom. They want their books back.
— Cecil B. DeMille
Psychology is a soft weapon but you can take outmore enemy battalions with leaflets and radio broadcasts than with high explosives. — Nelson DeMille
Our children must be offered an education up to par with thier potential-and equal to the needs of the Twenty-first century.
— Oliver DeMille
I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'.
— Nelson DeMille
The Bible has been a bestseller for centuries. Why should I let two thousand years of publicity go to waste?
— Cecil B. DeMille
I might have remembered what my father once wrote to Henry George, I never do anything by halves, and am half hearted in no cause that I embrace.
— Cecil B. DeMille
Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.
— Nelson DeMille
I try to end every chapter with an air of suspense. I try to leave the reader wanting to turn the page.
— Nelson DeMille
The public is always right.
— Cecil B. DeMille
It's really scary when you have a moment of temporary sanity.
— Nelson DeMille
No matter what the Constitution says, it won't endure if the people don't closely read it and demand that it be followed.
— Oliver DeMille
You're smarter than you look. Did you ever have anti-terrorist training?" "Sort of. I was married.
— Nelson DeMille
Totally incompetent blowhard, an idiot and a fool.
— Nelson DeMille
I don't like mysteries, which is why I want to solve them. It bothers me that there are things I don't know.
— Nelson DeMille
The only person who can fix education is the student.
— Oliver DeMille
Use a gun that works every time. As George Washington said, 'All skill is in vain when an angel pisses in the flintlock of your musket.
— Nelson DeMille
I turned to the Times crossword puzzle and asked Kate, "What's the definition of a moderate Arab?" "I don't know." "A guy who ran out of ammunition.
— Nelson DeMille
Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great.
— Nelson DeMille
It is impossible for us to break the law. We can only break ourselves against the law.
— Cecil B. DeMille
Sean Evans was officially pissed off. Serves you right, furball.
— Ilona Andrews
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.
— Nelson DeMille
From the unknown, through the unknown, to the unknown. Put your hand into the hand of God. It will be all right.
— Nelson DeMille
Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees.
— Nelson DeMille
The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's.
— Nelson DeMille
Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but don't rise to the level of nuclear.
— Nelson DeMille
How you handle life depends a lot on how you handle plan B, or if you have a plan B.
— Nelson DeMille
I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my typist.
— Nelson DeMille
There can be no liberty without the law.
— Cecil B. DeMille
Give me any two pages of the Bible and I'll give you a picture.
— Cecil B. DeMille