Explore Quotes by David Baldacci

I'm tired of people screaming about price and forgetting about the content.

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

I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about.

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

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.

I'm a wicked ping-pong player.

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.

But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.

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.

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

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.

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.

I can write with a crying child on my lap. I have. Often.

Passion is a rare commodity. When you find it, treasure it and never give it up!

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

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.

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

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

You know what kind of person it takes to run for President? Not normal. They could start out okay, but by the time they reach that level they've sold their soul to the devil so many times and stomped the guts out of enough people that they are definitely not like you and me, not even close.

It's not getting from A to B. It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between...This train is alive with things that should be seen and heard. It's a living, breathing something -- you just have to want to learn its rhythm.

The human spirit was the strongest medicine on earth. And sometimes all it needed was a little encouragement to pull off a miracle.