Jeffery Deaver quotes

Sometimes you can't be what you ought to be, you can't have what you ought to have. (Jeffery Deaver)
And life changes. Maybe just a little, maybe a lot. And at some point, it just isn't worth the fight to fix it. View quote
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When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level. View quote
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We have years to converse with someone, to blurt and rant, to explain our desires and anger and regrets - and oh how we squander those moments. View quote
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Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself. View quote
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The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire. View quote
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She was reflecting back on a truth she had learned over the years: that people heard what they wanted to hear, saw what they wanted, believed what they wanted. View quote
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Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories. View quote
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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 you want to say. View quote
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That's the past for you. Not only does it come back at the most unexpected, and inconvenient, times but it's set in stone. View quote
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You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher. (Jeffery Deaver)
My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers can care about. View quote
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I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge. View quote
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Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them. View quote
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When it comes time to write the book itself I'll shut the lights out, picture the scene I'm about to write then close my eyes and go at it. Yes, I can touch type. View quote
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It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes. View quote
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For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story. View quote
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In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict. View quote
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I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block. View quote
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I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important. View quote
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I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth. (Jeffery Deaver)
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 make sure that when readers buy one of my books they get something they're familiar with. View quote
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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 in Garden of Beasts, we get to the very end and we find at the last few pages that there's yet another surprise. View quote
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I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper. View quote
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So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot. View quote
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