Nelson DeMille Quotations

I enjoy the presence of a woman in the house for brief periods of time. They fall into two categories: the organizers and the slobs. There’s probably a third category—the naggers, who try to get you to do things, but I’ve never run into one of those. Oddly, I have no preference regarding oganizers or slobs, as long as they don’t try to pick my clothes for me. Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees. It works fine if people stick to their fated roles. But nobody does.

Mrs. Corey still uses her maiden name for business, or when she wants to pretend she doesn’t know me.

Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.

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.

It's good to stay as close to real life as you can, and then kind of dress it up.

It's really scary when you have a moment of temporary sanity.

...the most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.

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.

I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.

A lot of our perception of history is influenced by inaccurate movies.