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To answer that I have to desc...

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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Breathtakingly real and utter...

Breathtakingly real and utterly compelling, Immoral dishes up page-turning psychological suspense while treating us lucky readers to some of the most literate and stylish writing you'll find anywhere today.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

I've worked for law firms, I'...

I've worked for law firms, I've worked for corporations, and for the past 20 years, I've been writing working for myself, and believe me it's a lot better. That's a big part of the James Bond panache, that you're responsible, 100 percent responsible, for the success or failure of your mission in life, whatever it is.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

That's the past for you. Not ...

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.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

She was reflecting back on a ...

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.

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She believed not in divine sa...

She believed not in divine salvation but in the proposition that we poor mortals are fully capable of saving ourselves, if conditions and inclinations are right, and the evidence of this potential is found in the smallest of gestures, like the uncertain resting of a large hand on a bony shoulder.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

Collins masterfully blends fa...

Collins masterfully blends fact and fiction...transcends the historical thriller.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

Too much screaming in Congres...

Too much screaming in Congress. Too much screaming everywhere.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

I've often said that there's ...

I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block. When I find myself frozen-whether I'm working on a brief passage in a novel or brainstorming about an entire book-it's usually because I'm trying to shoehorn an idea into the passage or story where it has no place.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

I think a lot of young aspiri...

I think a lot of young aspiring writers get misdirected; they think 'I ought to write this, even though I enjoy reading that'. What you have to do is write what you enjoy reading.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

It's becoming apparent that I...

It's becoming apparent that I like bad boys. That's one of my problems. They've all been bad boys. You're one too. You're a bad boy. But, I think you're a good bad boy.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

Certainly going back to Sherl...

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

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The best way to learn about w...

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

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And life changes. Maybe just ...

And life changes. Maybe just a little, maybe a lot. And at some point, it just isn't worth the fight to fix it.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

I've often said that there's ...

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

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People with children and peop...

People with children and people with their own business always pick up a ringing phone.

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We have years to converse wit...

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.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

I write pretty much anywhere -...

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

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

I spend eight months outlining...

I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

I was editor of my high school...

I was editor of my high school literary magazine and a reporter for the school newspaper.

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Добрые, щедрые, великодушные: 6 советских актеров, которые были всеобщими любимчиками

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Советских актёров часто ставят в пример как образец духовной силы, национальной гордости и внутренней красоты. Они стали символами эпохи, носителями культуры и нравственности. Но, как известно, за кул...

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Два года назад отечественное телевидение столкнулось с беспрецедентной кадровой тектоникой — целая группа ярких и узнаваемых ведущих стремительно исчезла с экранов федеральных каналов. Эти лица долгие...

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....