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The outline is 95 percent of t...

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

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

I think a lot of young aspirin...

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

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

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

The best way to learn about wr...

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

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

She believed not in divine sal...

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

In the shaded portions where t...

In the shaded portions where the two spheres of different lives meet, certain fundamentals- moods, loves, fears, angers- can't be hidden. That's the contract.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

Collins masterfully blends fac...

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

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

She was reflecting back on a t...

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.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

We have years to converse with...

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

Generally my typical books hav...

Generally my typical books have lots of twists and turns a big surprise ending and then usually another surprise at the end and ideally, as in Garden of Beasts, we get to the very end and we find at the last few pages that there's yet another surprise.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

And life changes. Maybe just a...

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

Sometimes you can't be what yo...

Sometimes you can't be what you ought to be, you can't have what you ought to have.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

Too much screaming in Congress...

Too much screaming in Congress. Too much screaming everywhere.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

When you work alone, you need ...

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

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

You think publishing is tough ...

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

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

People with children and peopl...

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

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

People want to avoid the past....

People want to avoid the past. I suppose that's natural. When we tally up all we've said and done over the years, despite the wonderful memories, the regrets may be fewer but stand out more prominently, glowing coals that we can never quite extinguish, try though we might

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

Certainly going back to Sherlo...

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

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

For me a thriller is a very ca...

For me a thriller is a very carefully structured story.

Jeffery Deaver 74 quotes

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Остаться на вершине в Голливуде удаётся не каждому, особенно если путь начался в детстве. Одни актёры теряются из-за...

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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....