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Jeffery Deaver

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

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

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"It means working harder to do the research but I don't really mind - I don't think I have what it takes to chase criminals through back alleys and wade through blood at crime scenes."
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"Trying to write books with a subject matter or in a genre or style you're not familiar with is the best way to find the Big Block looming."
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"I spend eight months outlining and researching the novel before I begin to write a single word of the prose."
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"I've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block; the problem is idea block."
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"But one does not make living writing poetry unless you're a professor, and one frankly doesn't get a lot of girls as a poet."
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"Of course, I write crime stories, and I have to describe violence and the aftermath of violence."
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"Hardcover books are fairly expensive these days and to read one requires a significant commitment of time in our busy society. So I want to make sure that when readers buy one of my books they get something they're familiar with."
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