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
anxiety panic abiding
Panic---a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.
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.
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.
inspiration
Ernest Hemingway was the author I drew inspiration from.