#he

To me, acting is the most logical way for people's neuroses to manifest themselves, in this great need we all have to express ourselves. ↗

— James Dean

#express #great #great need #logical #logical way

I used to help my granddaddy make sausage. He would mix it up in a cleaned-out washtub with his hands, no gloves. Man, if we did anything like that today, they would jack the jail up and throw us under it. ↗

— Jimmy Dean

#did #gloves #granddaddy #hands #help

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. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#busy #buy #commitment #days #expensive

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

— Jeffery Deaver

#go #i #like #poetry #such

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

— Jeffery Deaver

#caricatures #in other words #more #other #people

Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them. ↗

— Bill Vaughan

#after #developer #names #out #streets

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

#best #books #care #characters #driven

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

— Jeffery Deaver

#admire #best #best way #learn #other

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. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#book #close #comes #eyes #go

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

— Jeffery Deaver

#music world #publishing #ten #think #times