It's Always Sad If Anybody You Know

The Way To Write A Thriller Is To Ask A Question At The Beginning, And Answer It At The End.

She's A Reflection Of My Fascination With The Diversity Of America She's Totally Normal In New York, But A Freak In Texas. There Are Dozens Of Such Clashes In America.

I Had A Teacher Once, Grade School Somewhere. Philippines, I Think, Because She Always Wore A Big White Hat. So It Was Somewhere Hot. I Was Always Twice The Size Of The Other Kids, And She Used To Say To Me: Count To Ten Before You Get Mad, Reacher. And I've Counted Way Past Ten On This One. Way Past.

The Best Fights Are The Ones You Don't Have", A Wise Man Once Said To Me.

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.