Skip to content

Book Quotes by Charlaine Harris

11 Book quotes by Charlaine Harris

All Book quotes Charlaine Harris’s page

Charlaine Harris shares eleven short reflections that reveal her love for storytelling and the craft of the novel. She comments on the magic of world‑building, the discipline of daily writing, and the reader’s role in breathing life into characters. This succinct collection is a handy snapshot for fans and newcomers alike.

Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

I am self-educated from genre books.

Charlaine Harris

Image

I try very hard to write the best book I possibly can, every time.

Charlaine Harris

Image

Vampires. They wrote the book on possessive.

Charlaine Harris

Image

Here’s to books, the cheapest vacation you can buy.

Charlaine Harris

Image

But in my book, it was basically bad taste to stare at someone's assets, no matter how much on display they were.

Charlaine Harris

Image

I believe if you write a great book, the chances are it'll get a great reception.

Charlaine Harris

Image

I really, really wanted to lose awareness of the here and now. The best way for me to do that was bury…

Charlaine Harris

Image

I've often wished when I started a book I knew what was going to happen. I talked to writers who write 80-page…

Charlaine Harris

Image

Why was it librarians had such a prim image? With all the information available in books right there at their fingertips, librarians…

Charlaine Harris

Image

As it was, I couldn't escape the feeling that I was out of my element. I found myself thinking of a book…

Charlaine Harris

Image

I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something…

Charlaine Harris

Image

Other authors on Book

More by Charlaine Harris

Don’t you just hate nights like that, when you think over every mistake you’ve made, every hurt you’ve received, every bit of meanness you’ve…

Charlaine Harris

Image

I like sparkly things.

Charlaine Harris

Image

All the pictures on the walls, they all white as lilies and smiling like alligators.

Charlaine Harris

Image

“Te quiero -dijo- Nada de lo que hagas o digas podrá cambiarlo. Si me pidieras que enterrase un cadáver, o que me cargase a…

Charlaine Harris

Image

You think that it’s not magic that keeps you alive? Just ‘cause you understand the mechanics of how something works, doesn’t make it any…

Charlaine Harris

Image

“Suddenly the blood tasted good, salty, the stuff of life.”

Charlaine Harris

Image

“Sookie: "Eric, when I'm back to being myself, I'm going to nail your ass for putting me in this position of being pledged to…

Charlaine Harris

Image

“For a moment they all looked at Dermot incredulously, as if he'd just announced he was going to birth a kangaroo.”

Charlaine Harris

Image

There’s no way you can kill someone and get to the other side of the experience unchanged.

Charlaine Harris

Image

Pam said, "Sookie, I brought you something, too. I never thought I'd want to spend time with a human, but you're more tolerable than…

Charlaine Harris

Image

You know I love you more when you're cold and heartless.

Charlaine Harris

Image

For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to…

Charlaine Harris

Image

“There were toes. Those toes wouldn’t be happy piggies. But they didn’t have any right to be in the way.”

Charlaine Harris

Image

My gran had always told me that a woman--any woman worth her salt--could do whatever she had to.

Charlaine Harris

Image

“[..] red high-heeled screw-me shoes.”

Charlaine Harris

Image