Books Quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton

17 Books quotes by Laurell K. Hamilton

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Hamilton's energetic voice shines in these 17 snippets, where books are portrayed as sources of both escape and empowerment. Her enthusiasm for storytelling feels contagious.

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Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go.

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I want a kiss to be so believable it gives the reader shivers.

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You give the reader a sense of a full meal.

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I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make…

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I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry…

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What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have…

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So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches.

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When sex is necessary for the plot of a book, or a character development, then I don't shy away from it. Why…

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For me the Anita series is built like a mystery series, which means that as much as possible each book stands alone,…

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Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror…

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“Because if someone is determined to do something evil there’s really no stopping them. It’s not the music they listen to, in…

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“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…

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Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to…

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It all adds up; never discount your efforts, because small efforts build big things. One word doesn't make a novel, but one…

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I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming…

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Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and…

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“I have to find my happy thoughts, and my pain, and let them do their alchemic dance to become words, sentences, paragraphs,…

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“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…

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If you’re alive, don’t move, if you’re dead, don’t worry about it.

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So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches.

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Money doesn't spend in hell… The devil deals in a different coin.

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There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people…

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“I slowed, just a little, one to save energy, and one to let Russell catch up sooner. I took a big breath and prepared.…

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“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…

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I know that look, Blake. You are a drowning woman, and the only way out is down the aisle.

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“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…

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“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…

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...you don't need ghosts to be haunted. Memory does that just fine without any supernatural help at all.

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I hated missing the end of anything. I was always convinced that the bit I'd miss would be the best part.

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He made a small sigh, as he swallowed the first blood, then his mouth closed over my earlobe, mouth working at the wound, tongue…

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He gave a small nod, and I smiled back, and that was it. He understood that I'd understood that he'd understood. It took us…

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[T]hese last few days where I've moped around damn near depressed for real, because of people who do not exist. Not really. I can…

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