--- title: "1 Secret Writing Quotes By M.J. Rose" description: "1 Secret Writing quotes by M.J. Rose. Plus more from M.J. Rose and more Secret Writing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/m-j-rose-17898_age_is-there-a-secret-yes-ana-s-nin-and-paul_1162432.png" --- > [Is there a secret? Yes. Anaïs Nin and Pauline Réage and Anne Rampling and Erica Jong all knew it. E. L. James knows it. It is the secret behind all of our writing. And our reading. Arousal starts in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/is-there-a-secret-yes-ana-s-nin-and-pauline-r-age-and-anne-rampling/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd1/m-j-rose-17898_age_is-there-a-secret-yes-ana-s-nin-and-paul_1162432.png) ## More by M.J. Rose > [“The owl,” he was saying, “is one of the most curious creatures. A bird that stays awake when the rest of the world sleeps.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/the-owl-he-was-saying-is-one-of-the-most-curious-creatures-a-bird/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [More than 3,500 hardcover novels are published each year. Even the most avid reader buys fewer than one a week.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/more-than-3-500-hardcover-novels-are-published-each-year-even-the/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [“But it's been a wonderful change. I've found myself. I am stronger than I have ever been. I am painting, and I'm good at…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/but-it-s-been-a-wonderful-change-i-ve-found-myself-i-am-stronger-than/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [“Needing someone doesn't make you weak, it makes you feel. And feeling is how you know you're alive. -Jack Reacher”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/needing-someone-doesn-t-make-you-weak-it-makes-you-feel-and-feeling/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [The secret, which is not so secret after all, is that the people who we love live on in our hearts, in the beat…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/the-secret-which-is-not-so-secret-after-all-is-that-the-people-who-we/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [“The library at home when she was child had been her refuge. She gravitated to it. When she was anxious, just taking a book…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/the-library-at-home-when-she-was-child-had-been-her-refuge-she/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [Perfume is magic. It’s mystery. We recreate the smell of a flower. Of wood. Of grass. We capture the essence of life. Liquefy it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/perfume-is-magic-it-s-mystery-we-recreate-the-smell-of-a-flower-of/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [“The dead live as long as someone who loves them lives.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/the-dead-live-as-long-as-someone-who-loves-them-lives/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [“Politicians are fools and the games they play are fools games.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/politicians-are-fools-and-the-games-they-play-are-fools-games/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [Keep in mind that television, magazines, movies, and even newspapers rarely show images of average-shaped bodies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/keep-in-mind-that-television-magazines-movies-and-even-newspapers/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [There's no one thing you can do to have success, but if you have a plan and you keep doing things, you'll eventually build…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/there-s-no-one-thing-you-can-do-to-have-success-but-if-you-have-a/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [“Isabeau had a garden insider of her.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/isabeau-had-a-garden-insider-of-her/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [Is there a secret? Yes. Anaïs Nin and Pauline Réage and Anne Rampling and Erica Jong all knew it. E. L. James knows it.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/is-there-a-secret-yes-ana-s-nin-and-pauline-r-age-and-anne-rampling/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [“Every culture has its version. It's universal. One of the things that is most fascinating about studying mythology is how so many of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/every-culture-has-its-version-it-s-universal-one-of-the-things-that/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) > [“To be a decent writer you must have both empathy and imagination. While these attributes aid your art, they can plague your soul. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-j-rose/to-be-a-decent-writer-you-must-have-both-empathy-and-imagination/) [M.J. Rose](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-j-rose/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/secret-writing/m-j-rose/#itemlist", "name": "1 Secret Writing Quotes By M.J. Rose", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Is there a secret? Yes. Anaïs Nin and Pauline Réage and Anne Rampling and Erica Jong all knew it. E. L. 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