James Rollins Quotes

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• Books are keys that open many doors -- James Rollins

  James Rollins

  Book, Keys, Doors

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• Often-times it's madness, not genius that moves the world forward. Who else but the mad would reach so far, stretching for the impossible and, in so doing, prove the impossible possible!

  James Rollins

  Moving, Mad, Genius

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• Whenever I start a novel, I'm always looking for two things: a bit of science that makes me go 'what if?' and a piece of history that ends in a question mark.

  James Rollins

  Ifs And, Two, What If

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• Wringin' your hands only stops you from rollin' up your sleeves.

  James Rollins

  Hands, Sleeves

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• It ain't always rocket science, sometimes a door is just a door.

  James Rollins

  Doors, Rockets, Sometimes

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• Throughout history, knowledge rises and falls, ebbs and flows. What once was known is forgotten again, lost in time, sometimes for centuries, only to be rediscovered ages later.

  James Rollins

  Fall, Ebb And Flow, Age

  James Rollins (2014). “The 6th Extinction: A Sigma Force Novel”, p.8, Harper Collins

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• The turning point was when I hit my 30th birthday. I thought, if really want to write, it's time to start. I picked up the book How to Write a Novel in 90 Days. The author said to just write three pages a day, and I figured, I can do this. I never got past Page 3 of that book.

  James Rollins

  Birthday, Book, Writing

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• A war is coming, a battle that will stretch from the prehistoric forests of the ancient past to the cutting-edge research labs of today, all to reveal a true mystery buried deep within our DNA, a mystery that will leave readers changed forever .

  James Rollins

  War, Cutting, Past

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• I read anything I could get my hands on: science fiction, fantasy, horror, thrillers. I even became hooked on the Bantam reprints of the old pulp novels from thirties and forties: Doc Savage, The Shadow, The Avenger.

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  Hands, Shadow, Savages

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• I think the worst and most insidious procrastination for me is research. I will be looking for some bit of fact or figure to include in the novel, and before I know, I've wasted an entire morning delving into that subject matter without a word written.

  James Rollins

  Morning, Procrastination, Thinking

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• I do have an office where about 70 percent of my writing gets done, but sometimes it does get a bit stir-crazy to be cooped up in there, so I'll grab my laptop and write somewhere else: another room in the house, out on the patio, or even Heaven-forbid, a trip to Starbucks. But I also write on the road.

  James Rollins

  Travel, Crazy, Writing

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• Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.

  James Rollins

  Mother, Baby, Guarding

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• The truth is often one's best shield.

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  Shields, Truth Is

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• When mankind pushes, natures sometimes pushes back

  James Rollins

  Sometimes, Mankind

  James Rollins (2008). “The Judas Strain”, p.449, Hachette UK

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• Festina lente. Make haste slowly.

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  Latin, Haste, Latin And Greek

  James Rollins (2009). “Map of Bones: A Sigma Force Novel”, p.39, Harper Collins

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• I wrote for years before I was ever published, and I don't think I could ever stop. That said, I was also a veterinarian before I sold my first book, and I still volunteer my time to help with animal welfare causes. So that is a career I would be happy to return to - while still secretly writing strange stories back in my doctor's office.

  James Rollins

  Book, Writing, Animal

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• When someone is always looking over their shoulder, they're more likely to trip.

  James Rollins

  Shoulders

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• Growing up with three brothers and three sisters, I was the storyteller of the family... what my mother called 'The Liar.'

  James Rollins

  Mother, Brother, Growing Up

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• Guns, grendels, or nuclear bombs; take your pick.

  James Rollins

  Gun, Nuclear, Bombs

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• Gray imagined Kat scolding her husband in an operatic duet that has been going on between husbands and wives for ages, that eternal mix of exasperation and love." -- James Rollins

  James Rollins

  Husband, Wife, Age

  FaceBook post by James Rollins from May 03, 2012

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• The hope for our nation and our world lies within our ability to innovate and move forward technologically.

  James Rollins

  Lying, Moving, Our World

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• The strong were always eating the weak.

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  Strong, Eating, Weak

  "Deep Fathom". Book by James Rollins, July 3, 2001.

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• it sucks to get old...but there's always beer

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  Beer

  James Rollins (2008). “Map of Bones”, p.57, Hachette UK

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• I was all set to blow some crap up.

  James Rollins

  Blow, Crap

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• Often life asks much of you, and you either honor life by answering with all your heart, or you cower your way into your grave.

  James Rollins

  Heart, Honor, Way

  Twitter post from May 05, 2013

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