Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Seventy percent of a first draft is garbage and 30 percent is gold, but you have to write 100 percent to get that 30. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds of pages per book that never make… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly genre. It's what I like to read,… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I went to Marion College for writing and I was kicked out of the writing school. I was asked to leave the… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Nothing wrong with making money or doing what you need to do to sell, but I think it shows when you're writing… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy,… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
It all adds up; never discount your efforts, because small efforts build big things. One word doesn't make a novel, but one… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Edward: I don't know whether to put my fingers in my ears and go la-la-la or find more of your guards so we can… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
If you’re alive, don’t move, if you’re dead, don’t worry about it. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
So many wonderful books to write, and not enough hours in the day. An embarrassment of riches. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
Money doesn't spend in hell.... The devil deals in a different coin. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“I slowed, just a little, one to save energy, and one to let Russell catch up sooner. I took a big breath and prepared.… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“It wasn't just my beast's hunger, but Jean-Claude's blood thirst and Richard's craving for flesh. It was all that and the ardeur running through… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I know that look, Blake. You are a drowning woman, and the only way out is down the aisle. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“Just another day in my life. This was one of those days when I thought that maybe a new life, a different life, wouldn't… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
“What is that old children’s rhyme, ‘Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me’? Anyone who says that doesn’t… — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
...you don't need ghosts to be haunted. Memory does that just fine without any supernatural help at all. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
I hated missing the end of anything. I was always convinced that the bit I'd miss would be the best part. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
