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The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law. Jeffery Deaver answereasyfun Change image and share on social
When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level. Jeffery Deaver levelsocializework Change image and share on social
The outline is 95 percent of the book. Then I sit down and write, and that's the easy part. Jeffery Deaver bookeasyoutline Change image and share on social
I like people who don't accept boundaries. Like Florence Nightingale. And Napoleon or Louis XIV, though I'm not sure how much I'd have liked to meet them. I admire people who aren't circumscribed by circumstance. Julian Fellowes acceptadmireboundary share on social
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it. Michael Morpurgo actalanaloud share on social
I studied international relations and economics at the University of Virginia. I paid my way by working as a bartender in the summer and at three part-time jobs during the year. Jacqueline Novogratz bartendereconomicsinternational Change image and share on social
