Nelson DeMille
Nelson DeMille
Nelson Richard DeMilleis an American author of action adventure and suspense novels. His novels include Plum Island, The Charm School, and The Gold Coast. DeMille has also written under the pen names Jack Cannon, Kurt Ladner, Ellen Kay and Brad Matthews...
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth23 August 1943
running fall men
I enjoy the presence of a woman in the house for brief periods of time. They fall into two categories: the organizers and the slobs. There’s probably a third category—the naggers, who try to get you to do things, but I’ve never run into one of those. Oddly, I have no preference regarding oganizers or slobs, as long as they don’t try to pick my clothes for me. Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees. It works fine if people stick to their fated roles. But nobody does.
names want use
Mrs. Corey still uses her maiden name for business, or when she wants to pretend she doesn’t know me.
novelists exciting
Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.
life real dresses
It's good to stay as close to real life as you can, and then kind of dress it up.
scary moments sanity
It's really scary when you have a moment of temporary sanity.
ego causes males
...the most common cause of death among alpha males was ego.
writing thinking spy
I think it's more difficult now to write a spy thriller with the collapse of the Soviet Union. Many authors have tried, but few have succeeded in capturing the interest of readers.
dinner close-friends unwind
I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.
perception
A lot of our perception of history is influenced by inaccurate movies.
writing names someday
I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday,
fashion character eye
I sometimes use some personality traits to fashion part of a character. Most of my characters are composites of either people I know or people in the public eye.
anxiety panic abiding
Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.
women degrees patient
Basically, all women are nurturers and healers, and all men are mental patients to varying degrees.
jobs distance home
Job happiness is directly proportional to the distance you are from the home office.