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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
Everyone looked pensive, which is good cover-up for clueless.
— Nelson DeMille
Job happiness is directly proportional to the distance you are from the home office.
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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
Sometimes shit happens even if you have a shit shield
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I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday.
— Nelson DeMille
Ernest Hemingway was the author I drew inspiration from.
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The guy did okay for himself.
— 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.
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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.
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I don't name sources.
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The most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.
— Nelson DeMille
Panica deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis. — Nelson DeMille
Nostalgia is basically the ability to forget the things that sucked.
— Nelson DeMille
I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.
— Nelson DeMille
I know who didn't kill her." "Don't
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Never have sex with a woman who has more problems than you do.
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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
There were two display windows, one on each side of the door, and in the windows were ... well, books. What this street really needed was a bar.
— Nelson DeMille
There is no terra incognito left.
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There is no harder worker than a former government employee who has discovered the word incentive.
— Nelson DeMille
Kate had never been married, so she had no way of knowing if I was a normal husband. This has been good for our marriage.
— Nelson DeMille
Credo quia impossibile.' I believe it because it is impossible.
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There's hell, there's darkness, there is the sulphurous pit; burning, scalding, stench, consumption!
— Nelson DeMille
I try to use short sentences, short paragraphs and short chapters to keep the reader's interest.
— 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 try to end every chapter with an air of suspense. I try to leave the reader wanting to turn the page.
— Nelson DeMille
Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.
— Nelson DeMille
I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'.
— Nelson DeMille
Psychology is a soft weapon but you can take outmore enemy battalions with leaflets and radio broadcasts than with high explosives. — Nelson DeMille
I have no plans to use the Internet as the main subject of a novel.
— Nelson DeMille
Well, no one ever said the truth would make you happy - only free.
— Nelson DeMille
Women need a reason to have sex; men need only a place.
— Nelson DeMille
Concurring.' But now we know what I suspected. Two people on the board voted for acquittal, which means there are
— Nelson DeMille
The problem with doing nothing is not knowing when you are finished.
— Nelson DeMille
As with real estate, what matters with bullet holes is location, location, location.
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I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.
— 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.
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Indeed we all try to raise our children as if our past experiences are important for their future, but they rarely are.
— 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
The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's.
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Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees.
— 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
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
Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great.
— 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
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 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
Totally incompetent blowhard, an idiot and a fool.
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It's really scary when you have a moment of temporary sanity.
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