Is there a secret? Yes. Anaïs Nin and Pauline Réage and Anne Rampling and Erica Jong all knew it. E. L. James knows it. It is the secret behind all of our writing. And our reading. Arousal starts in the… — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
“To be a decent writer you must have both empathy and imagination. While these attributes aid your art, they can plague your soul. You don’t simply suffer your own sadness, experience your own longing and worry about your own wife… — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
“The owl,” he was saying, “is one of the most curious creatures. A bird that stays awake when the rest of the world sleeps.… — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
More than 3,500 hardcover novels are published each year. Even the most avid reader buys fewer than one a week. — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
“But it's been a wonderful change. I've found myself. I am stronger than I have ever been. I am painting, and I'm good at… — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
“Needing someone doesn't make you weak, it makes you feel. And feeling is how you know you're alive. -Jack Reacher” — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
The secret, which is not so secret after all, is that the people who we love live on in our hearts, in the beat… — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
“The library at home when she was child had been her refuge. She gravitated to it. When she was anxious, just taking a book… — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
Perfume is magic. It’s mystery. We recreate the smell of a flower. Of wood. Of grass. We capture the essence of life. Liquefy it.… — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
Keep in mind that television, magazines, movies, and even newspapers rarely show images of average-shaped bodies. — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
There's no one thing you can do to have success, but if you have a plan and you keep doing things, you'll eventually build… — M.J. Rose Copy Share Image
