Jeffery Deaver Quotes

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Jeffery Deaver

Profession : Writer

Birth : May 6, 1950

I write pretty much anywhere - on planes, in hotel rooms, anywhere in my house.

Jeffery Deaver

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

Jeffery Deaver

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block.

Jeffery Deaver

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.

Jeffery Deaver

Certainly going back to Sherlock Holmes we have a tradition of forensic science featured in detective stories.

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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.

Jeffery Deaver

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

Jeffery Deaver

Rule one: Write about settings you're familiar with.

Jeffery Deaver

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

Jeffery Deaver

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 like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.

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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.

Jeffery Deaver

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

Jeffery Deaver