I've worked for law firms, I've worked for corporations, and for the past 20 years, I've been writing working for myself, and believe me it's a lot better. That's a big part of the James Bond panache, that you're responsible, 100 percent responsible, for the success or failure of your mission in life, whatever it is.
Jeffery DeaverBut 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 DeaverI've often said that there's no such thing as writer's block, the problem is idea block
Jeffery DeaverI like the way words go together and I like the gamesmanship of writing poetry. It is such a challenge.
Jeffery DeaverAnd life changes. Maybe just a little, maybe a lot. And at some point, it just isn't worth the fight to fix it.
Jeffery Deaver