David Baldacci quotes

Depending on the situation, sometimes you can know a person better in ten minutes than someone you have crossed paths with all your life. (David Baldacci)

Why can't people just sit and read books and be nice to each other?

David Baldacci

Today might not be so good. But tomorrow, you got another chance to get it right.

David Baldacci

Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it?

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As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and are not, and people who were punished wrongfully are not vindicated. Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.

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The real worth of a person came from how he acted during the bad times. (John Fiske)

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When a poor man gives something, that is a sacrifice indeed. When a rich man gives something, it hardly rises to the same level.

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People who have expertise just love to share it. That's human nature.

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Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!

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Small mistakes tend to lead to large ones. Ours is a lifetime appoinment, and all you have is your reputation. Once it's gone, it doesn't comeback.

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I'm tired of people screaming about price and forgetting about the content. (David Baldacci)

But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.

David Baldacci

Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.

David Baldacci

Two people can care for each other but not want the same things.

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Anyone who's lived has lost somebody.

David Baldacci

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.

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I look for material that both interest me and challenges me. If I am drawn to the material and I have to work hard at it, the characters and the plots reflect the hours and hours of research.

David Baldacci

But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.

David Baldacci

Some people take 10 years to write a book and some can do one in under a year.

David Baldacci

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.

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People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does. (David Baldacci)

I'm scattered, and then that last hundred pages, bam, I'm a laser.

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I'm a wicked ping-pong player.

David Baldacci

The military is a very cool world to write about. I went down to Ft. Benning, Ga., for military training, and I learned a lot about soldiers and officers and why they joined up and what their life has been like.

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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.

David Baldacci

David Baldacci

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Photo: Mark Coggins from San Francisco, CC BY 2.0

Occupation: American Novelist
Born: August 5, 1960
Quotes count: 25

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