You learn to write by writing, and by reading and thinking about how writers have created their characters and invented their stories. If you are not a reader, don't even think about being a writer. — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
And that's how I start myself. I usually go back a couple of pages, maybe to the beginning of the chapter, and I start reading. And as I'm reading, I'm tweaking - putting in a different word, changing the syntax,… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
I probably read 100 times more than I write, but that way when I move my characters through it, I know. — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
“Ayla, what am I doing wrong?" he asked, standing in front of her, dripping. "It's not you. I'm the one who's doingit wrong." "You're… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
Of the two, I would think of my work as closer to Science Fiction than Fantasy. — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
“A person could resist popular belief and stand up for personal principles, and though there may be consequences, not everything would necessarily be lost.… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
“Children are always a joy, but pain, too. And they all must lead their own lives. Even Mut will let Her children go their… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
I can move my characters through it easily, because I understand the background; I've really studied it. — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
Though my books are written from a historical perspective, I have goon so far back that I am in the realm of prehistorical speculation… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
I think of my books as mainstream and that's were most people who read them look for them in book stores. — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
She lifted the drooping muzzle with both hands...It was a special embrace saved for special occasions. — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
“In a world so empty of human life, there was comfort in the thought that an invisible realm of spirits was aware of their… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
Again Creb grunted. It was the usual noncommittal comment used by men when responding to a woman. It carried only enough meaning to indicate… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
