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9 quotes by Douglas Preston

Douglas Jerome Preston (born May 20, 1956) is an American author of techno-thriller and horror novels. He has written numerous novels, six alone and the rest with Lincoln Child. He also has authored a number of non-fiction books on history, science, exploration, and true crime.
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My hobbies are mountain biking, horseback riding and packing, canoeing and kayaking, hiking, camping, cooking, and skiing.

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Hubris and science are incompatible.

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There are so many journalists out there, I hate to say it, who are lazy and don't do their research - and it shows.

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When I'm writing fiction I'm thinking, God, this is so hard - I have to make all this stuff up! I wish I were writing a nonfiction book where... →

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My first job was washing dishes in the basement of a nursing home for $2.10 an hour, and I learned as much about the value of hard work there as I... →

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I need to write in a small room - the smaller the better. I can't write in a big room where someone might sneak up behind my back.

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There is nothing inherently wrong about science.

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I would have to say the novel 'War and Peace' influenced me more than any other book. This greatest of novels demonstrated to me the enormous... →

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I'm pretty much a 9-to-5 kind of guy. I usually get to work about 8 in the morning, and I work until 4 or 5, and sometimes I work on Saturday and... →

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