Top 22 Quotes by Nelson DeMille

I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'.

We're all pilgrims on the same journey - but some pilgrims have better road maps.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile.

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great.

There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don't understand their own backyard. It's a private preserve.

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.

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.

I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.