Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but don't rise to the level of nuclear.

- Nelson DeMille

I've always been fascinated by the Gold Coast. The homes themselves are spectacular, unlike anything you'll see other than in Newport, Bar Harbor or Palm Beach. It's a very special area that, because of local demographics, is not going to survive much longer.

- Nelson DeMille

There is no terra incognito left.

- Nelson DeMille

The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's.

- Nelson DeMille

Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great.

- Nelson DeMille

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

- Nelson DeMille

I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday.

- Nelson DeMille

I thought to myself, what is everyone's worst fear? Nuclear terrorism in America.

- Nelson DeMille

I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'.

- Nelson DeMille

I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.

- Nelson DeMille

G.I. humor is similar to cop humor.

- Nelson DeMille

I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.

- Nelson DeMille

There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don't understand their own backyard. It's a private preserve.

- Nelson DeMille

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.

- Nelson DeMille

Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.

- Nelson DeMille

Even the most radical Islamic terrorist would not want to see the revered holy city of Medina go up. It would be like losing the Vatican in Rome.

- Nelson DeMille

I don't name sources.

- Nelson DeMille

There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile.

- Nelson DeMille

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

- Nelson DeMille

I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.

- Nelson DeMille