Jeffery Deaver

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

#foolishness #psychology #truth #psychology

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

#anger

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

— Jeffery Deaver

#music world #publishing #ten #think #times

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

— Jeffery Deaver

#certainly #detective #detective stories #featured #forensic

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

I liked the challenge of writing in a very concise structure in which both meaning and form are important. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#challenge #concise #form #i #important

I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#both #characters #create #depth #hard

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

— Jeffery Deaver

#begin #eight #i #months #novel

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

— Jeffery Deaver

#high #high school #i #literary #magazine

I spend about eight months researching and outlining my book. ↗

— Jeffery Deaver

#book #eight #i #months #outlining