Ted Bell Quotes & Sayings

I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it. — Ted Bell

Typically, a book takes me about a year to write. — Ted Bell

Bahia Mar marina, Fort Lauderdale. — Ted Bell

He said having a smoking section in a restaurant was just like having a pissing section in a swimming pool. — Ted Bell

Every major player is working on this technology of artificial intelligence. As of now, it's benign ... but I would say that the day is not far off when artificial intelligence as applied to cyber warfare becomes a threat to everybody. — Ted Bell

the dog Harry was in the way back. — Ted Bell

I live in Florida, and I live on a small lagoon. I sit and look out at the water all day - that's what my desk is. — Ted Bell

A hero is merely a man never afraid of being called to heaven because he is certain he has done his duty, Nicholas."
-Admiral Lord Nelson (fictional) — Ted Bell

Eating and sleeping are the two periods in your life where writers get a pass for not reading. Check that.
Only sleeping. — Ted Bell

Pain is just weakness leaving your body. — Ted Bell

director under George H. W. Bush — Ted Bell

Say nothing if you don't understand, stay silent if you do. — Ted Bell

Brock was up front with him, cuddling Alexei's beloved dog, Harry — Ted Bell

Switzerland is two times the size of the state of New Jersey, which has, by far, the larger population. Yet there are nearly a million men in the Swiss Army. It's a civilian army, a trained and practiced militia, ready to mobilize instantly. Each citizen serves for thirty years. But all of them, a million of them, mind, are ready to grab their rifles and be present at mobilization points and battle stations all over the country. Within twenty-four hours. — Ted Bell

been informed by Putin's secretary that the — Ted Bell

I think it takes a lot of desire because I think a lot of people who've never written books don't know quite how hard it is to stick with, to put in the amount of time and just make the commitment to just sit there every day and do it while everybody else is out having fun. — Ted Bell