Stephen Coonts
Stephen Coonts
Stephen Coontsis an American thriller and suspense novelist...
calls cell department jail locked might phone state
She said, 'You know they just might have read 'Under Siege' down there,' ... 'I don't want any phone calls from the State Department that you're locked in some jail cell down there.'
cuba happen life might people various walks
It's just people from various walks of life in Cuba and what might happen to them
center focus needed realized strong
When I got into it I realized that it needed Jake Grafton to give it an American center of focus that wouldn't be there without a strong American hero,
audience change entertain exactly human lesson themes values
I think there's a lesson there for all story-tellers. It's the same human themes and values from Day One. They're still exactly the same. You just play with them in different settings, change them around to entertain the audience today.
deserves good
I think every good story deserves to be told twice,
beach fiction literary meant
That's all it's meant to be, ... This is not a literary fiction. This is page-turning fiction that you take to the beach and read for diversion. If I do that, I've done my job.
book cuban revolution second
I had already done a two-chapter subplot on the second Cuban revolution in the book 'Under Siege' in 1990,
song air hands
I am alive. Up here with the song of the engine and the air whispering on my face as the sunlight and shadows play upon the banking, wheeling wings, I am completely, vibrantly alive. With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made.
pants done aviation
It's the most exciting thing you have ever done with your pants on!
hands essence feet
With the stick in my right hand, the throttle in my left, and the rudder beneath my feet, I can savor that essence from which life is made.
falling-in-love book writing
Writers shouldn't fall in love with their characters so much that they lose sight of what they're trying to accomplish. The idea is to write a whole story, a whole book. A writer has to be able to look at that story and see whether or not a character works, whether or not a character needs further definition.
romance aviation flight
Flight is romance - not in the sense of sexual attraction, but as an experience that enriches life.
safety mountain littles
A little mountain will kill you just as dead as a big one if you fly into it.
airplane guy trying
Airplanes are like women - pick what you like and try to get it away from the guy who has it, then dress it out to the limit of your wallet and taste.