<P> Commenting on Much Ado About Nothing, Brown says, "I didn't understand how funny this play Much Ado About Nothing truly was until I became an English teacher and had to teach it . There is no wittier dialogue anywhere". Speaking of Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Trilogy, he states, "Ludlum's early books are complex, smart, and yet still move at a lightning pace . This series got me interested in the genre of big - concept, international thrillers ." </P> <P> Recurring elements that Brown prefers to incorporate into his novels include a simple hero pulled out of their familiar setting and thrust into a new one with which they are unfamiliar, strong female characters, travel to interesting locations, and a 24 - hour time frame in which the story takes place . </P> <P> Brown does his writing in his loft . He told fans that he uses inversion therapy to help with writer's block . He uses gravity boots and says, "hanging upside down seems to help me solve plot challenges by shifting my entire perspective". </P> <P> In August 2005 author Lewis Perdue unsuccessfully sued Brown for plagiarism, on the basis of claimed similarity between The Da Vinci Code and his novels, The Da Vinci Legacy (1983) and Daughter of God (2000). Judge George Daniels said, in part: "A reasonable average lay observer would not conclude that The Da Vinci Code is substantially similar to Daughter of God ." </P>

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