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The short-timers, who’d gone through hell without even a small pee in their pants, were all jittery that something was going to happen before they boarded the freedom bird home. I mean, after you’ve cheated death for so long, you become paranoid, sure that death had just remembered you were leaving.

Old guys have seen too much, and they trust no one.

What do you do, Jack, when any move you make is the wrong move?” “You hope the other guy makes a bad move.

You can get away with a bad decision, but not a bad mistake.

I’m always ready for anything, but prepared for nothing.

And they looked like poor fishermen. But this was Cuba, where everyone had a second job.

The good news was that the streets were litter-free, maybe because no one had anything to throw away.

I think it’s more difficult now to write a spy thriller with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many authors have tried, but few have succeeded in capturing the interest of readers.

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.

Ernest Hemingway was the author I drew inspiration from.

Trying to improve on anthrax is like trying to improve on gunpowder. Anthrax is easy to propagate, easy to handle, it diffuses nicely into the air, kills slowly enough for the infected population to spread it around, and cripples as many victims as it kills, causing a collapse of the enemy’s health care system.

Without women, there would be perpetual war and chaos. With them, there was only chaos.

The way to a woman’s heart is through her funny bone. Women like men who make them laugh. I think.

Tutte le strade conducono a Roma. All roads lead to Rome.

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.

I have no plans to use the Internet as the main subject of a novel.

What happened between us has impacted a lot of people around us whom we care for and who care for us, so I think we should try to be civil to each other and make life easier and less awkward for everyone.

Your website shows only one booking in that time period.” “Really? I need to update that. So, that’s the price.” “You drive a hard bargain, Mr. MacCormick.” “Captain.” “Captain.” He glanced around. “Let’s get a table.” “Why?” “There are some other details you need to know.

Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.

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

It’s good to stay as close to real life as you can, and then kind of dress it up.

Most of my books are about contemporary subjects, and the world changes so fast that I’m lucky when events haven’t overtaken the book I’m writing at the moment.

I thought to myself, what is everyone’s worst fear? Nuclear terrorism in America.

They brought with them seventeen American POWs who were secretly imprisoned in Villa Marista for advanced experiments with drugs.” It was hard to imagine being taken prisoner in Vietnam, tortured there, then being shipped to Cuba for more of the same.

Where have all the young men gone? Gone to soldiers, every one.

There is no terra incognito left.

A boat is sort of a litmus test for relationships, the close quarters and solitude compelling people into either a warm bond or into mutiny and murder. As.

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.

In America if you’re poor, you’re worse than a criminal. You’re nobody.

I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my typist.

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.

I only drink a little, but when I do, I become a different person, and that person drinks a lot.

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 like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it’s done in handwriting.

I was trained in Army Intelligence, but spent most of my army career in the infantry. But like many people of my generation, I was very much caught up in the Cold War, and books and movies about espionage.

I try to use short sentences, short paragraphs and short chapters to keep the reader’s interest.

I sometimes use some personality traits to fashion part of a character. Most of my characters are composites of either people I know or people in the public eye.

On the other hand, as every cop knows, lies are like cockroaches – if you see one, there are others.

I try to end every chapter with an air of suspense. I try to leave the reader wanting to turn the page.

I spent most of my money on booze and broads and I wasted the rest of it.

I’ve always been fascinated by the Gold Coast. The homes themselves are spectacular, unlike anything you’ll see other than in Newport, Bar Harbor or Palm Beach. It’s a very special area that, because of local demographics, is not going to survive much longer.

I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.

Well, sonny, in my country, gun control means using both hands.

Well, no one ever said the truth would make you happy – only free.

People who worry about what others think of them would be surprised at how little they did.

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.

It’s much different today than it was during the Cold War. The CIA is not the subject of many books anymore. But that might change, because of international terrorism and Red China.

Amicitia sine fraude – to friendship without deceit.

This place is so small you have to go outside to change your mind.

How you handle life depends a lot on how you handle plan B, or if you have a plan B.

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