Words matter. These are the best Sandra Brown Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
My first computer was an IBM Display Writer. With all its components, it was roughly the size of a bass fishing boat.
‘Slow Heat in Heaven’ was my ‘breakout’ or ‘crossover’ book, and I loved the freedom I felt writing it.
My mother was a big reader, and my father was an editorial writer for a newspaper.
I made straight A’s and never got into any trouble, and I still impose those standards on myself. So writing is my chance to escape and become the sleaziest, scummiest role.
For each book, there’s a back story of where the idea came from. Sometimes it’s derived from a current event or topic of discussion, such as ‘Deadline.’
In my opinion, Armani, better than any other designer, does great things for the female form. And a pair of Levis does great things for the male physique. Not that I look.
I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.
I don’t know exactly where the ideas come from. One day, a sentence just popped into my head – ‘There was going to be trouble, and, hell, he just wasn’t in the mood for it’ – and I knew I had a novel.
There are gray areas in everything.
I’m no cook, but I love to eat. Usually, food tastes best when there isn’t a recipe, just a cook who knows what foods and seasonings go well together.
Before becoming a writer, I worked in the media, for the ABC affiliate in Dallas.
It was kind of a hard lesson when I figured out that not everybody is going to be kind, be sweet. So I’ve learned that I am never going to make everybody happy. There’s always going to be someone who can’t stand the way I write, and I can’t take that personally.
I grew up loving books and stories. Reading became my favourite pastime, and you have to be a reader before you can be a writer.
I love being the bad guy, simply because I was always so responsible, so predictable growing up.
I always try to incorporate something in every book that I’ve never used before. Hopefully, spontaneity will keep readers reading.
Rarely does a complete idea come to me. I basically start with just a small scene or a snatch of dialogue and force myself to write and to keep writing. Sometimes it becomes a book.
I love writing villains because I was the big sister of five girls, so I had heavy responsibility growing up. I had to be ‘the good girl.’
I know I’m not creating transcendent works that will someday be taught in college. All I do is entertain. I try to entertain others by sending them into another world for a few hours. When I see my books read on the beach, the pages dabbed with suntan lotion, then I feel as if I’ve done my job.
