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Jeffery Deaver

"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."

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"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."

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"Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life."

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"In suspense novels even subplots about relationships have to have conflict."
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"If you have a craftsman's command of the language and basic writing techniques you'll be able to write - as long as you know what you want to say."
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"Readers are paramount. I live to write books for them."
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