David Baldacci Quotes

Quotations and aphorisms by David Baldacci:

People who have expertise just love to share it. That's human nature.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#b21e0d90

Why waste time trying to discover the truth, when you can so easily create it?
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#1924900a

Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#284a8c59

I'd read a lot of thrillers about politicians and presidents, but never one where you flip the stereotypes and make good people bad and bad people good.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#4a949592

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#2c7e4ed5

Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#ef04f080

But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#f6a7e549

People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#aa380a10

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.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#b8cd975d

I'm scattered, and then that last hundred pages, bam, I'm a laser.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#dbc92b73

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.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#891f4101

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


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#f90a2187

I look for material that both interest me and challenges me. If I am drawn to the material and I have to work hard at it, the characters and the plots reflect the hours and hours of research.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#0e2d0e63

I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#28962d3e

As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice. You see a lot of people who should have been punished and are not, and people who were punished wrongfully are not vindicated. Fiction is sort of a way to set the record straight, and let people at least believe that justice can be achieved and the right outcomes can occur.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#0a2ca47b

I'm a wicked ping-pong player.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#6a547af1

In every thriller written about Washington, particularly after 9/11, there are good guys and there are bad guys, and there's no gray area at all.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#e11a8452

I'm tired of people screaming about price and forgetting about the content.
~David Baldacci


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https://openquotes.github.io/authors/david-baldacci-quotes/#33d80fee

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