"My advice to all new writers - male or female - it isn't easy, but forge ahead and be true to your originality."

“I don't care about the little guy. I just hate the big guy. I hate big smug people who think they can get away with things.”

Source : Lee Child (2015). “The Essential Jack Reacher, Volume 1, 7-Book Bundle: Persuader, The Enemy, One Shot, The Hard Way, Bad Luck and Trouble, Nothing to Lose, Gone Tomorrow”, p.236, Delacorte Press

“Heroes are important not only because they symbolize what we believe to be important, but because they also convey universal truths about personal self-discovery and self-transcendence, one's role in society, and the relation between the two.”

“Don’t be friends with jerks.”

“Whether you are an astronomer or a life scientist, geophysicist, or a pilot, you've got to be there because you believe you are good in your field, and you can contribute, not because you are going to get a lot of fame or whatever when you get back.”

“Nothing has ever remained of any revolution but what was ripe in the conscience of the masses.”

“My kids have never known me not working on The Bachelor. But they've lived in Paris and Italy and been to Hawaii and Bora-Bora with me, and it's incredible to me that they've had these experiences.”

Source : Source: www.glamour.com

“We are really pleased with our revenues but our goal isn't to make money. It sounds a little flippant, but it's the truth. Our goal and what makes us excited is to make great products. If we are successful people will like them and if we are operationally competent, we will make money,”

“Anything designed to be inoffensive isn't worth your time -- life itself is pretty offensive, ending as it does with death.”