David Baldacci Writing Quotations

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

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.

All you have to do [to win a Pulitzer Prize] is spend your life running from one awful place to another, write about every horrible thing you see. The civilized world reads about it, then forgets it, but pats you on the head for doing it and gives you a reward as appreciation for changing nothing.

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

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.

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