I want a kiss to be so believable it gives the reader shivers. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
For me the Anita series is built like a mystery series, which means that as much as possible each book stands alone,… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I’d once asked Jean-Claude what they called Renfields before the release of the book Dracula in 1897. Jean-Claude had said, “Slaves.” He’d… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Because if someone is determined to do something evil there’s really no stopping them. It’s not the music they listen to, in… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
It all adds up; never discount your efforts, because small efforts build big things. One word doesn't make a novel, but one… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I have to find my happy thoughts, and my pain, and let them do their alchemic dance to become words, sentences, paragraphs,… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Edward: I don't know whether to put my fingers in my ears and go la-la-la or find more of your guards so we can… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
If you’re alive, don’t move, if you’re dead, don’t worry about it. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Money doesn't spend in hell.... The devil deals in a different coin. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I slowed, just a little, one to save energy, and one to let Russell catch up sooner. I took a big breath and prepared.… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“It wasn't just my beast's hunger, but Jean-Claude's blood thirst and Richard's craving for flesh. It was all that and the ardeur running through… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I know that look, Blake. You are a drowning woman, and the only way out is down the aisle. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Just another day in my life. This was one of those days when I thought that maybe a new life, a different life, wouldn't… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“What is that old children’s rhyme, ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me’? Anyone who says that doesn’t… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
...you don't need ghosts to be haunted. Memory does that just fine without any supernatural help at all. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I hated missing the end of anything. I was always convinced that the bit I'd miss would be the best part. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
