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

"When you work alone, you need to socialize at some level."

Jeffery Deaver

"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."

Jeffery Deaver

"I've always written, all my life, and when I was very young I developed an interest in poetry."

Jeffery Deaver

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

Jeffery Deaver

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

Jeffery Deaver

"The recent fascination, I think, reflects the shift in approach by law enforcement officials to embrace technology as wholeheartedly as the rest of the world."

Jeffery Deaver

"You put a certain amount of effort into stitching a jacket or dress and you get the garment you expect. There's no mystery. But you put a thousand times more effort into raising your child and the result is the opposite of what you hope and dream for. This seemed so unfair."

Jeffery Deaver