David Baldacci Quotes

I'm driven to go out and find new things to write about.

I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.

As long as there are things to wonder about, there are stories to be written about them. That makes me happy, because writing about things seems to be my thing.

Each book, for me, has been an adventure, a period of time dedicated to study, to document certain facts, to traveling, and also to fantasize and to invent.

People inspire me. Curiosity inspires me. Mystery inspires me.

Find the key emotion; this may be all you need know to find your short story.

I'm interested in stories. I think I'm a bit of a pathfinder.

I don't write about things that I have the answers to or things that are very close to home. It just wouldn't be any adventure. It wouldn't have any vitality.

I think I still have that same drive and determination, the same curiosity and passion for filmmaking that I did when I first started. Every film brings with it unique challenges and experiences, and I approach every one with the same enthusiasm.

Nothing much interested me other than playing with language and telling stories and doing something with the wonders of the world around me.

Science does not know its debt to imagination.

I write what I don't know. It's way more interesting.

Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere.

We seem to forget that innovation doesn't just come from equations or new kinds of chemicals, it comes from a human place. Innovation in the sciences is always linked in some way, either directly or indirectly, to a human experience.

Kids need stuff which is different than what their life is that they can kind of live through.

I'm older and wiser, but I still dream of doing new things and creating new things.

Fear of the unknown is a great creative partner.

Art flourishes where there is a sense of adventure.

I write about all manner of things: a guy fighting aliens in the New York State Library, Antarctica, Inca civilization in Peru, the Great Pyramid at Giza, and people often ask me, where do I get these ideas from? They come from reading widely, watching a lot of documentaries, and increasingly, as I was able to, travelling around the world.

Google is fascinating, and the book isn't finished. I'm creating, living, building, and writing those chapters.

I'm constantly surprised by human nature and humanity. And I think that's why I love what I do: because I love to story-tell and bring new characters to life.

I try to be led by my curiosity.

I think that we all absolutely have curiosity. It brings about knowledge. It's energizing. It's spiritually empowering. It makes us more interesting as people.

I look for stories everywhere.

I just love stories, and I love movies, learning and seeing the world. Growing up in Iowa, it was like, you wanna see the world? Movies can help you do that.