Jeffery Deaver Quotes

• You think publishing is tough but the music world is ten times tougher.

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• When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level.

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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.

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• 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 the Big Block looming.

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• To answer that I have to describe what I think is my responsibility as a thriller writer: To give my readers the most exciting roller coaster ride of a suspense story I can possibly think of.

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• The recent fascination, I think, reflects the shift in approach by law enforcement officials to embrace technology as wholeheartedly as the rest of the world.

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• The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that’s the easy part.

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• The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.

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• The best way to learn about writing is to study the work of other writers you admire.

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• So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.

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• Rule one: Write about settings you’re familiar with.

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• Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.

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• Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence.

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• Of course, all writers draw upon their personal experiences in describing day-to-day life and human relationships, but I tend to keep my own experiences largely separate from my stories.

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• 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.

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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.

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• In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict.

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• In other words, the people who populate my books are more than caricatures.

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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.

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• Ideally, I like to integrate the human issues into the suspense story itself.

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Jeffery Deaver (34)

Birth:	6th May, 1950
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Novelist, Writer

About

Jeffery Deaver was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, USA. He is an American crime writer. He earned a BA degree in journalism from the University of Missouri and a law degree from Fordham University and originally started working as a journalist. He has written several novels include: Manhattan Is My Beat, Death of a Blue Movie Star, The Bone Collector (Won- Nero Award), The Coffin Dancer, The Devil's Teardrop, The Empty Chair, Hell's Kitchen, The Stone Monkey, The Vanished Man, Garden of Beasts (Won- CWA Ian Fleming Steel Dagger award), The Twelfth Card, The Cold Moon, The Broken Window, The Burning Wire, and Carte Blanche. He has written several short stories include: Twisted, and More Twisted.

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