112 Quotes by Nelson DeMille

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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