“We would all love to walk up to someone and shoot them in the head, th...” — Lee Child Quote

“We would all love to walk up to someone and shoot them in the head, there's no doubt about that. We're too civilised to admit it, but we're happy to read about it.”

“I wanted readers to be genuinely unsure as to whether she's telling the truth or lying. It meant making her partly sympathetic, and partly unsympathetic, which wasn't easy.”

“We know we need civilization and laws and procedures, but isn't it frustrating? Wouldn't it be great if we could just do what we needed to do?”

“We have to admit that, notwithstanding all the efforts in which governments and peoples have participated, no corresponding change has been wrought in the aspect of the world's armaments.”

“To what a degree the same past can leave different marks - and especially admit of different interpretations.”

“Right now, I have to admit, that I'm more interested in giving people a little bit of hope and goodness.”