Stories Quotes by Nicholas Sparks

Books and movies inspire me, but I do my best to keep my stories as original as possible.

— Nicholas Sparks

If you have no conflict, you have no story. That's number one. That's a rule of novels.

— Nicholas Sparks

The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.

— Nicholas Sparks

Every great love starts with a great story...

— Nicholas Sparks

Who am I? And how, I wonder, will this story end?

— Nicholas Sparks

Working on the plot/story idea for my next novel ... It always takes time.

— Nicholas Sparks

In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy.

— Nicholas Sparks

A story about family, first loves, second chances, and the moments in life that leads you back home

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As a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man -- the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In…

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Remember: A best-selling book usually follows a simple rule, It's a wonderful story, wonderfully told; not, It's a wonderfully told story.

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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…

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I hope to be remembered as an author who defined and exemplified excellence in crafting the modern love story.

— Nicholas Sparks

What I try to do with any of my stories, any of my novels, is make them feel very original.

— Nicholas Sparks

Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.

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While I find inspiration in real life, the actual stories are, thankfully, works of fiction - which, given the considerable turmoil in…

— Nicholas Sparks

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

When I am in the process of conceiving a story, I make sure it can be told with words and pictures. The…

— Nicholas Sparks

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

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

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

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

In this world that we live in we have originality in literature, but we also have TV and movies. I write love…

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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

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

Usually, I start thinking about my next novel soon after completing the latest, and it can take anywhere from a month to…

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If I knew where creativity came from, I'd probably be a lot less stressed about coming up with new stories.

— Nicholas Sparks

I consider myself foremost a novelist with the intent of crafting stories that people will remember.

— Nicholas Sparks

Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101.

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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

Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I…

— Nicholas Sparks

Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise.

— Nicholas Sparks

Novels are very different than films and I love to see someone else's imagining of my story.

— Nicholas Sparks

“And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe that ours didn't go on forever.”

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People come, people go theyll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book. When you finally…

— Nicholas Sparks

Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable, but her story and mine are different…

— Nicholas Sparks

I wanted to write a story that was different than what I've done before - so I decided to write dual love…

— Nicholas Sparks

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

I try to write every day until the book is done, but the exact process depends on the story and its structure.…

— Nicholas Sparks

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