There are no brave men and cowardly men in the world, my son. There are only brave men. To be born, to live, to die—that takes courage enough in itse…

- Alistair Maclean

I'm not a novelist, I'm a storyteller. There is no art in what I do, no mystique.

- Alistair Maclean

I'm not a born writer, and I don't enjoy writing.

- Alistair Maclean

Bowman turned his back on her and began to search the place methodically and exhaustively. When one searches any place, be it a gypsy caravan or a ba…

- Alistair Maclean

...the men of the Ulysses had no need to stand in shame...many had found, or were finding, that the point of no return was not necessarily the edge o…

- Alistair Maclean

I wrote each book in thirty-five days flat - just to get the darned thing finished.

- Alistair Maclean

This won't look so good in my obituary," Schaffer said dolefully. There was a perceptible edge of strain under the lightly-spoken words."Gave his lif…

- Alistair Maclean