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Robert Ludlum (1927 – 2001) was an American author of 27 thriller novels, best known as the creator of Jason Bourne from the original The Bourne Trilogy series. The number of copies of his books in print is estimated between 300 million and 500 million. They have been published in 33 languages and 40 countries. Ludlum also published books under the pseudonyms Jonathan Ryder and Michael Shepherd.
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“The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you’re right. As one grows old, it is easier still.”
“Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is just fine as long as its contained.”
“If your IQ was one point lower, you’d be a plant,’ was Steve’s only comment.”
“I get annoyed when a self-indulgent writer just shows off what he knows but doesn’t really tell a story. To me storytelling is first a craft. Then if you’re lucky, it becomes an art form. But first, it’s got to be a craft… You’ve got to have a beginning, middle and end. And I have sort of applied the theatrical principles to writing. Throw the story in the air and see what’s going to happen.”
“…Summer nights held a special kind of loneliness that gave rise to strange imaginings. One walked the beach alone and thought too much.”
“The mind plays tricks. It rejects things until it thinks ― or something tells it ― that the remembering can be handled.”
“Nothing is so convincing as someone who’s a bewildered injured party and lets everybody know it.”
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“The easiest thing in the world is to convince yourself that you’re right. As one grows old, it is easier still.”
“Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is just fine as long as its contained.”
“If your IQ was one point lower, you’d be a plant,’ was Steve’s only comment.”
“I get annoyed when a self-indulgent writer just shows off what he knows but doesn’t really tell a story. To me storytelling is first a craft. Then if you’re lucky, it becomes an art form. But first, it’s got to be a craft… You’ve got to have a beginning, middle and end. And I have sort of applied the theatrical principles to writing. Throw the story in the air and see what’s going to happen.”
“…Summer nights held a special kind of loneliness that gave rise to strange imaginings. One walked the beach alone and thought too much.”
“The mind plays tricks. It rejects things until it thinks ― or something tells it ― that the remembering can be handled.”
“Nothing is so convincing as someone who’s a bewildered injured party and lets everybody know it.”
