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• A large part of this story took place a while back. And quite a bit of it tomorrow. Such is the poetic license of liturgical drama.

• A theater person should know what holds an audience and what does not.

• Characterization is integral to the theatrical experience.

• Greater economic power will be in the hands of too few.

• I have always preferred conflict of individuals over the battle of extreme ideologies.

• I try as best I can to enter the realm of nuances of human behavior.

• Life is extremely complicated. I try as best I can to enter the realm of nuances of human behavior and alternatives of that behavior.

• Sins of the Fathers ... Cuba problem.

• Sundown. The distressed sloop, its mainmast shattered by lightning, its sails ripped by the winds of the open sea, drifted into the small, quiet beach of a private island in the Lesser Antilles - Robert Ludlum

• That gentleman will call the Joint Chiefs of Staff. I think they're scared of him. They're merely professional killers; he's in advertising!

• Visions of one powerful scene after another parade across his inner screen, each exploding with drama and meaning . . .

• So I suppose I equate suspense and good theatre in a very similar way. I think it's all suspense and 'what-happens-next'. From that point of view, yes, I guess, I am theatrical."

 

Robert Ludlum Career Highlights

Bibliography

1971 - The Scarlatti Inheritance
1972 - The Osterman Weekend
1973 - The Matlock Paper
1973 - Trevayne
1974 - The Cry of the Halidon
1974 - The Rhinemann Exchange
1975 - The Road to Gandolfo
1976 - The Gemini Contenders
1977 - The Chancellor Manuscript
1978 - The Holcroft Covenant
1979 - The Matarese Circle
1980 - The Bourne Identity
1982 - The Parsifal Mosaic
1984 - The Aquitaine Progression
1986 - The Bourne Supremacy
1988 - The Icarus Agenda
1990 - The Bourne Ultimatum
1992 - The Road to Omaha
1993 - The Scorpio Illusion
1995 - The Apocalypse Watch
1997 - The Matarese Countdown
2000 - The Prometheus Deception
2001 - The Sigma Protocol
2002 - The Janson Directive
2003 - The Tristan Betrayal
2005 - The Ambler Warning
2006 - The Bancroft Strategy

Written with other authors

2000 - The Hades Factor
2001 - The Cassandra Compact
2002 - The Paris Option
2003 - The Altman Code
2004 - The Lazarus Vendetta
2005 - The Moscow Vector
2007 - The Arctic Event
2009 - The Infinity Affair

Sequels to Ludlum Books

2004 - The Bourne Legacy
2007 - The Bourne Betrayal
2008 - The Bourne Sanction
2009 - The Bourne Deception

Producer

2002 - The Bourne Identity

Filmography

1977 - The Rhinemann Exchange
1983 - The Osterman Weekend
1985 - The Holcroft Covenant
1988 - The Bourne Identity
1997 - The Apocalypse Watch
2002 - The Bourne Identity
2004 - The Bourne Supremacy
2006 - The Hades Factor
2007 - The Bourne Ultimatum
2009 - The Matarese Circle
2009 - The Chancellor Manuscript

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