The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Books and movies inspire me, but I do my best to keep my stories as original as possible. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
If you have no conflict, you have no story. That's number one. That's a rule of novels. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Working on the plot/story idea for my next novel ... It always takes time. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
What I try to do with any of my stories, any of my novels, is make them feel very original. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Usually, I start thinking about my next novel soon after completing the latest, and it can take anywhere from a month to… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
A story about family, first loves, second chances, and the moments in life that leads you back home — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
It doesn't matter to me whether I write in a man's voice or a woman's, or first or third person for that… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Remember: A best-selling book usually follows a simple rule, It's a wonderful story, wonderfully told; not, It's a wonderfully told story. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I hope to be remembered as an author who defined and exemplified excellence in crafting the modern love story. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Where does a story truly begin? In life, there are seldom clear-cut beginnings, those moments when we can, in looking back, say… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
When I am in the process of conceiving a story, I make sure it can be told with words and pictures. The… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy. In my mind it’s a little bit… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I've made the decision to adhere to three general truths when it comes to my novels: There will be a love-story element… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Some things definitely work better on film than in books. Introspection is great in books but it doesn't work on film. Anything… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
While I find inspiration in real life, the actual stories are, thankfully, works of fiction - which, given the considerable turmoil in… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I wanted to write a story that was different than what I've done before - so I decided to write dual love… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Whenever I work on a film, I have three rules. Only three and I tell them to every screenwriter. I say let's… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Too many writers think that all you need to do is write well-but that's only part of what a good book is.… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Because everybody lies. It's part of living in society. Don't get me wrong-I think it's necessary. The last thing anyone wants is… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
As a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man -- the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Novels are very different than films and I love to see someone else's imagining of my story. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever.” — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I consider myself foremost a novelist with the intent of crafting stories that people will remember. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
If I knew where creativity came from, I'd probably be a lot less stressed about coming up with new stories. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
People will tell you most of the story… and I’ve learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable, but her story and mine are different… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
My novels are in the literature section as opposed to the romance section of bookstores because they're not romance novels. If I… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I try to write every day until the book is done, but the exact process depends on the story and its structure.… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
People come, people go theyll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book. When you finally… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I write 3-4 days a week, 4-5 hours at a time (with lots of breaks). My goal is 2000 words when I… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
In this world that we live in we have originality in literature, but we also have TV and movies. I write love… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“What's the best thing about being in college? Good teachers. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“Nothing is ever lost nor can be lost; the body aged, sluggish,cold… the embers left from earlier fires shall dully flame again” — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I'm sure you think that I don't understand what you're going through, but I do. It's just that sometimes, our future is dictated by… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“You weren't out there that long, were you? I can't bear to think that no one found you right away." Noah shook his head.… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
When we first met, I didn't want to get involved with anyone. I didn't have the time or energy, and I wasn't sure that… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“There is something terrible in the moments after waking up, when the subconscious knows that something terrible has happened but before all the memories… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
There is nothing like love. You should try it.” Thibault shrugged. “Maybe one day. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“more time she’d spent with him, the more convinced she became that he was by far the sexiest guy she’d ever met. Who else… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Dear John, tell me everything. Write it all down, that way, we’ll be with each other all the time, even if we’re not with… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
You were spying on us?" "It was kind of hard not to. You were right there by the workshop with Will. it looked like… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
There are lots of real men out there - men who could fall in love with you at the drop of a hat. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
