The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
Throat clutching from the outset! The Never List stands as a sterling example of psychological thriller writing at its best. Cancel appointments… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
To answer that I have to describe what I think is my responsibility as a thriller writer: To give my readers the… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I think a lot of young aspiring writers get misdirected; they think 'I ought to write this, even though I enjoy reading… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
When it comes time to write the book itself I'll shut the lights out, picture the scene I'm about to write then… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I've worked for law firms, I've worked for corporations, and for the past 20 years, I've been writing working for myself, and… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. When I find myself frozen-whether I'm… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
Breathtakingly real and utterly compelling, Immoral dishes up page-turning psychological suspense while treating us lucky readers to some of the most literate… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
“I realized finally what the problem was,” I told Maree. “It wasn’t him. It was my wife. She was treating him like a normal… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
“But then someday the truth would come out. It always did. Repress what you will, someday the truth comes out.” — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
“Stanton clawed his way to the bedside table and managed to grab his knife. He jabbed it into Rhyme. Once, twice. But the only… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
Hardcover books are fairly expensive these days and to read one requires a significant commitment of time in our busy society. So I want… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
“You’re sure it was Loving?” “Yes. That’s exactly the kind of strategy he’d choose. There’s no doubt it was him.” I was aware of… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
“Maree opened her eyes wide. “Wait, wait . . . I know you.” She regarded me with a frown. I must have blinked in surprise. Had we… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
“eager’ and ‘anxious’ aren’t the same, or how ‘disinterested’ doesn’t mean ‘uninterested.” — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
The recent fascination, I think, reflects the shift in approach by law enforcement officials to embrace technology as wholeheartedly as the rest of the… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
“DuBois’s observations were back. She’d largely recovered from the Graham ignominy.” — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
“Maree may have noted that I said “wife” and not “ex,” which imparted some information to her. She was smarter than the package suggested.… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
“You see tumbleweeds? You see cowpokes? Indians? This isn’t the streets of Laredo.” — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
“The young woman shrugged, walked to her computer, picked it up. She flopped down on the couch and scanned through it. This was something… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
“As a matter of fact, yeah, they were foolproof. The problem is that you don't have to protect yourself against fools. You have to… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share
