Words matter. These are the best Nicholas Sparks Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
I don’t write romance novels.
Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.
The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again.
I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels.
I think that men know how to romance a woman and most do it well, at least for a time, otherwise women wouldn’t marry them. The problem is that most of them begin to rest on their laurels.
Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It’s one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.
I have a great wife and it’s very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is so much better when she’s happy.
There’s always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.
All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it’s harder to break out than ever.
I’m writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh?
If you look for me, I’m in the fiction section. Romance has its own section.
Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It’s the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It’s that important, so don’t mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.
None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.
I’ll admit that it’s not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.
In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy.
I suppose more than anything, it’s the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns.
I don’t know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.
Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.
Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.
I suppose I’m most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone.
Loving once and only once is possible – anything is possible.
What’s the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I’m more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.
I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours.
My wife, my family, my friends – they’ve all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.
