“Fictional people are people, too, otherwise why would we care what happens to them?” — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I don't fiddle or edit or change while I'm going through that first draft. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Popular fiction's a strong and viable force in literature. That's why it's popular.” — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Every time I hear writers talk about ‘the muse,’ I just want to bitch-slap them. It’s a job. Do your job.” — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Every writer needs an editor. I don't care how good you are or think you are. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I don't let myself believe in writer's block. I feel very strongly writing is habit as much as an art or a… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world,… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Mary Stewart will always be my goddess. I can pick up one of her early books - one I've read a dozen… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
My fondest wish, I suppose, would be to die at the keyboard right after finishing a book, perhaps with a little time… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
[As a writer] you have to have the three D's: drive, discipline and desire. If you're missing any one of those three,… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Certainly the plagiarism, and dealing with the fallout of it, was the most difficult thing I've ever faced since I started writing. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
...If I don't have twenty or thirty books right here, waiting to be read, I start jonesing. That's my compulsion. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“That’s not my concern just now. This man—” “Grayson Thane,” Brianna supplied, more than grateful the topic had turned away from their… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I think writer is a word without gender, and a good writer observes, absorbs, hopefully empathizes then translates that into character and… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
She surrounded herself with books at work and at home. Her living space was a testament to her first and abiding love… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
I never had a plan, except to write. I love what I do, and have from the beginning. Loving what you do… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“The room was a compact, informal library. Books stood or were stacked on the shelves that ran along two walls from floor… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Grayson: Fiction is just a lie anyway. Brianna: But it's not - it's a different kind of truth - it would be… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
He trailed off as he saw the books. Piles and stacks of them beside the sofa, another stack on the coffee table,… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Being a good writer meant he could make a living and do as he chose. Being a great one would bring responsibilities… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
Planting a flower's like opening a book, because either way you're starting something. And your garden's your library. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Why stop now? Seduce me, Brian.I dare you." "I've always found it hard to turn aside a dare.” — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Flowers that had bloomed brilliant from spring through autumn blackened under the killing frost.” — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“He's back in Maine now.She did say he badgered her with questions. Of course, she didn't have the answer until she spoke to me… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Every professor worth his PhD should have a fireplace in his study.” — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Sorry, bad wing." When Theo kissed him, surprise and pleasure flustered him. He couldn't remember the last time this boy, this young man, had… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“No point in wishing for what you can't have. - Blair What's the point in wishing for what you can and do? - Larken” — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“Grayson: Fiction is just a lie anyway. Brianna: But it's not - it's a different kind of truth - it would be your truth… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“I was going to make a confession. Then I remembered I don't make them very well. We still need to see the monkeys." "You… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
You can't write well what you don't read for pleasure. If it doesn't entertain you, it's not going to entertain anyone else. — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
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