Writing Quotes by Julia Quinn

12 Writing quotes by Julia Quinn

If you want a quick peek at Quinn’s thoughts on the craft, these 12 quotes deliver just enough charm and insight to spark ideas without overwhelming a busy reader.

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Thou Shalt Not Covet Thy Cousin‟s Wife. Moses must have forgotten to write that one down

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When a man writes a romance, the woman dies. When a woman writes one, it ends all tidy and sweet.

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For me, the dialogue is the easiest part of writing. It just always seems so obvious what a character will say. Maybe…

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To call that writing, madam, is an insult to quills and ink across the world.

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“I can live with you hating me," he said to the closed door. "I just can't live without you.”

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Happy endings are all I can do. I wouldn't know how to write anything else.

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To this day, 'The Duke and I' remains particularly close to my heart; I felt it was the novel in which my…

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There are people who say they want to write novels. They think, 'I'll learn my craft on the romance novel.' If you…

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The biggest challenge of my career, which is something that authors of genre fiction face all the time, is writing something fresh…

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I don't think that writing talent has much to do with where one went to school, or the number of degrees on…

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I have a lot of teenage readers and readers in their early twenties. My writing style appeals to them. And if they…

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In college, I was a researcher/writer for 'Let's Go: Europe,' assigned to Crete and Cyprus. I was supposed to go to England,…

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“Yes?" "When you said you weren't angry..." "Yes?" "Were you?" "I was rather annoyed," he admitted. "But not angry?" She sounded as if she…

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“Just curious,she mouthed. "What? I didn't catch that." Jjuussttccuurriioouuss.She drew it out this time, hoping he'd be able to read her lips. "If you…

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“It was nearly impossible to keep anything a secret, especially from her sisters, the youngest of whom—Hyacinth—could probably have won the war against Napoleon…

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“Something important is always about to happen... And if not, you'd do well to act as if it were. You'll enjoy life better that…

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“Sophie picked her way through the forest, stepping over tree roots, and pushing aside low-lying branches, letting them snap back behind her with reckless…

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