Alistair MacLean

“Ideas are cheap. It's the execution that is all important.”

“The difference between a hero and a coward is one step sideways.”

“They say the sea is cold, but the sea contains the hottest blood of all.”

“There are two kinds of people in this world, my friend: those who are going to get themselves killed, and those who are going to kill them.”

“I am not a novelist, I am a storyteller. My books are not literature.”

“I write for money, and I write to entertain.”

“The first duty of a storyteller is to tell a story.”

“An idealist is a person who helps other people to be prosperous.”