“In my twenties I was in Austin, Texas, finishing up yet another degree. I’d always loved hiking and, sick of the sedentary… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
“My opponent . . . what is he going to do? In game theory analysis the followers of eighteenth-century statistician Thomas Bayes hold that the… — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
“Playing chess or Go or Tigris and Euphrates—a very good game, by the way—I can watch people as they choose their strategy… — 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 Image
“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 human being. Polite, giving him the benefit of the doubt, humoring him. She was a good person, just thinking about who he’d been when they’d been going out, charming and funny. But that was the past.… — 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 Image
“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 Image
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 Image
“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 Image
“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 Image
The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire. — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
“eager’ and ‘anxious’ aren’t the same, or how ‘disinterested’ doesn’t mean ‘uninterested.” — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
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 Image
“DuBois’s observations were back. She’d largely recovered from the Graham ignominy.” — Jeffery Deaver Copy Share Image
“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 Image
