“In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, t...” — David Baldacci Quote

“In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.”

“I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good.”

“I'm ever curious about the world. I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about. Having a vivid imagination is also a plus.”

“The bad guys don't always get punished and the good guys are not necessarily pure.”

“Even the toughest people have a backstory, and villains don't feel like they're the bad guys.”

“I went down for a week with the Houston Marshals. I didn't know that they hated paperwork as much as I hated it. They loathe it, man. They want to be in their cars catching the bad guys. They don't want to be filling out paperwork about the bad guys, you know, and the ones they've caught.”