Jeffery Deaver

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

— Jeffery Deaver

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I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

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

— Jeffery Deaver

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

— Jeffery Deaver

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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. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

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

— Jeffery Deaver

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

— Jeffery Deaver

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

— Jeffery Deaver

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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. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

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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. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

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