Top 34 Quotes by Jeffery Deaver

Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them.

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.

The easy answer is that writing novels is a lot more fun than practicing law.

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

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.

So I work hard to present the human side of my characters while not neglecting the plot.

Rule one: Write about settings you're familiar with.

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

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

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