163 Quotes by Jeffery Deaver

Robert Rotenberg does for Toronto what Ian Rankin does for Edinburgh.

Breathtakingly real and utterly compelling, Immoral dishes up page-turning psychological suspense while treating us lucky readers to some of the most literate and stylish writing you'll find anywhere today.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

I like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.