Jeffery Deaver Quotes

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.

Jeffery Deaver

Recitation: by Male by Female

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BestWorldCareYouUselessPlot

The trouble when you're doing something illegal is that you know what you're doing. You're lying to your parents, you're lying to your kids. The only person you can't lie to is yourself.

Tommy Chong

LieYourselfParentsDoingYouKnow

Writing is incredibly important to me as a way of handling the world, understanding how it works.

Romesh Gunesekera

MeWritingWorldUnderstandingWay

We know evolution happened because innumerable bits of data from myriad fields of science conjoin to paint a rich portrait of life's pilgrimage.

Michael Shermer

LifeScienceRichDataPortrait

Having glue stuck to your face in winter is not fun. It freezes as it hits the skin.

Jay Ryan

WinterFunFaceSkinGlueStuck

The failures and successes are necessary for learning.

Wynonna Judd

LearningNecessaryFailuresSuccesses

There's not many models in the U.S. that have my depth - like, really dark skin - that are also plus size. Skin color has been one of those things we haven't really, really addressed on a large, widespread scale.

Philomena Kwao

ColorDarkSkinSizeThingsDepth

I grew up watching 'American Idol.'

Syd

AmericanWatchingUpIdolGrew

I'm a total slave to a good story.

Paul Sparks

GoodStorySlaveGood StoryTotal

I'm responsible for what I am and what I want to be. I'm not trying to live by another's standards.

Tom Bergeron

LiveI AmTryingWantResponsible

I love Norse mythology - Thor and Odin and Loki - amazing characters.

Rick Riordan

LoveAmazingMythologyCharacters

I mean, I've acted professionally since I was 16.

Nicolas Cage

MeanSinceActedProfessionally

There are movies whose feel-good sentiments and slick craft annoy me so deeply that I know they will become box-office successes or top prizewinners. I call this internal mechanism my Built-In Hit Detector.

Richard Corliss

MeKnowMoviesWillBecomeTop

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