Top 53 Quotes by Lee Child

For me the end of a book is just as exciting as it is for a reader.

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

I don't know what the secret is when I am writing it - it really is a surprise to me.

The way to write a thriller is to ask a question at the beginning, and answer it at the end.

I need a stimulating environment to write because my books are driven at 100 miles per hour at a time.

I'm opposed to censorship of any kind, especially by government. But it's plain common sense that producers should target their product with some kind of sensitivity.

Male authors always take care to make their heroes at least one inch taller than they are, and considerably more muscular. Just as female authors give their heroines better hair and slimmer thighs.

I've discovered writers by reading books left in airplane seats and weird hotels.

I think my books come out very visual, which is an obvious consequence.

I like food, like any other guy, but it is not the main thing in my life. I can do without it.