Jeffery Deaver Quotes
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Generally my typical books have lots of twists and turns a big surprise ending and then usually another surprise at the end and ideally, as…
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When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level.
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It's becoming apparent that I like bad boys. That's one of my problems. They've all been bad boys. You're one too. You're a bad boy.…
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You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.
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People with children and people with their own business always pick up a ringing phone.
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People want to avoid the past. I suppose that's natural. When we tally up all we've said and done over the years, despite the wonderful…
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Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.
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For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story.
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But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet.
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I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book.
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I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important.
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I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth.
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I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house.
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I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose.
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I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.
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Hardcover books are fairly expensive these days and to read one requires a significant commitment of time in our busy society. So I want to…
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I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block
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If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what…
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In general, I think, less is more, and that if a reader stops reading because a book is too icky then I've failed in my…
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Six Seconds is a great read. Echoing Ludlum and Forsythe, author Mofina has penned a big, solid international thriller that grabs your gut -- and…
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