David Baldacci
David Baldacci
David Baldacci is a bestselling American novelist...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth5 August 1960
CityRichmond, VA
CountryUnited States of America
beach reading people
Most people associate reading with laying on the beach. They don't see that it's crucial for a democracy!
traps trapped
Trapped in a trap of your own making.
destination
It's not the beginning or the destination that counts. It's the ride in between.
humanity principles process
Human beings are infinitely fallible, completely unreliable. Science is not. Science is absolute. Under strict principles, if you do A and B, then C will occur. This rarely happens if you inject the inefficiences of humanity into the process.
life essence long
Life was not fair. If you wanted something you had to take it. Before someone else took it from you. Neatly dissected down to its essence, life was one long series of lily pad hoppings. The quick and the resourceful were able to adapt and survive; all others were simply crushed as a more nimble creature landed on the lily pad they had occupied for too long.
truth inspire half
Half truths were a wonderful way to inspire credibility.
long corruption humans
Nothing, absolutely nothing, was above corruption so long as human beings were involved.
real civilization survival
That's what civilization sometimes did to threats, real or perceived. They walled them off. Us against them. Survival of the fittest. You die so I can live.
tired people im-tired
I'm tired of people screaming about price and forgetting about the content.
lasers lasts pages
I'm scattered, and then that last hundred pages, bam, I'm a laser.
hero protagonists
But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.
believe justice people
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.
citizens lawyer injustice
As a lawyer, as a private citizen, you see a lot of injustice.
character hard-work challenges
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.