Latest Nelson DeMille Quotes from Interviews

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• It's much different today than it was during the Cold War. The CIA is not the subject of many books anymore. But that might change, because of international terrorism and Red China.

  Nelson DeMille

  War, Book, Different

  Talk City Network Interview, www.bookbrowse.com. 2000.

• Most of my books are about contemporary subjects, and the world changes so fast that I'm lucky when events haven't overtaken the book I'm writing at the moment.

  Nelson DeMille

  Book, Writing, Events

  Talk City Network Interview, www.bookbrowse.com. 2000.

• I sometimes use some personality traits to fashion part of a character. Most of my characters are composites of either people I know or people in the public eye.

  Nelson DeMille

  Fashion, Character, Eye

  Talk City Network Interview, www.bookbrowse.com. 2000.

• 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.

  Nelson DeMille

  Writing, Thinking, Spy

  Talk City Network Interview, www.bookbrowse.com. 2000.

• Ernest Hemingway was the author I drew inspiration from.

  Nelson DeMille

  Inspiration

  Talk City Network interview, www.bookbrowse.com.

• I do write my manuscripts by hand, in pencil on legal pads. Then they are typed on a word processor by my typist.

  Nelson DeMille

  Writing, Hands, Pads

  Talk City Network Interview, www.bookbrowse.com. 2000.

• I have no plans to use the Internet as the main subject of a novel.

  Nelson DeMille

  Use, Internet, Novel

  Talk City Network Interview, www.bookbrowse.com. 2000.

• I was trained in Army Intelligence, but spent most of my army career in the infantry. But like many people of my generation, I was very much caught up in the Cold War, and books and movies about espionage.

  Nelson DeMille

  War, Book, Army

  Talk City Network Interview, www.bookbrowse.com. 2000.

• I try to end every chapter with an air of suspense. I try to leave the reader wanting to turn the page.

  Nelson DeMille

  Air, Trying, Pages

  Talk City Interview, www.bookbrowse.com. 2000.

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

  Nelson DeMille

  Trying, Use, Chapters

  Talk City Network Interview, www.bookbrowse.com. 2000.