Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I love you now as I write this, and I love you now as you read this — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I'm a novelist at heart. How's that? And that's how I make my living, is I write novels. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
write what readers want to read, which isn’t necessarily what you want to write. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Setting is a major aspect in writing all of my books, both in terms of natural and cultural environments. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
There is a fine line I have to walk throughout the writing process in a novel. It is this line between drama… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
In the end, for me, the sole single goal is to write the best novel that I can. Whether or not it… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
The movies are fun, but I'm a novelist. In many ways, screenwriting is much easier than writing novels. I find screenplays twenty… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I have some art, but I am a hobbyist. I would not consider myself an expert but in the course of writing… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I don't write fantasy, I write reality. Also, my novels have roots to Greek tragedies and as such, there has to be… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
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… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I'm not naive, I know that bad things happen, but most people do the right thing most of the time. Most people… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A book is maybe about 350 pages, and the prose allows for readers to get a glimpse into the internal lives of… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
In this world that we live in we have originality in literature, but we also have TV and movies. I write love… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
In time, the hurt began to fade and it was easier to just let it go. At least I thought it was.… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I write the things that I find most attractive in women. I like intelligence, I like passion - give me a little… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I try to write every day until the book is done, but the exact process depends on the story and its structure.… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I do labor - it's part of the process. Writing is no easier today than it was in the beginning: writing well… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Dear John, tell me everything. Write it all down, that way, we’ll be with each other all the time, even if we’re… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
It's easy to write something average or even something good. But writing well is quite challenging. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh? — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I'm a novelist at heart. My sole intention is to write the best novel possible. I don't think about the film potential… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Poetry, she thought, wasn't written to be analyzed; it was meant to inspire without reason, to touch without understanding. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
As a writer, I will tell you that darkness is so easy to make interesting. It is so easy because you're allowed… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
As I write, I am struggling with the ghost of someone I loved and lost. I now understand more fully the difficulties… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“What's the best thing about being in college? Good teachers. They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“Nothing is ever lost nor can be lost; the body aged, sluggish,cold… the embers left from earlier fires shall dully flame again” — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
I'm sure you think that I don't understand what you're going through, but I do. It's just that sometimes, our future is dictated by… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“You weren't out there that long, were you? I can't bear to think that no one found you right away." Noah shook his head.… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
When we first met, I didn't want to get involved with anyone. I didn't have the time or energy, and I wasn't sure that… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“There is something terrible in the moments after waking up, when the subconscious knows that something terrible has happened but before all the memories… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
There is nothing like love. You should try it.” Thibault shrugged. “Maybe one day. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
“more time she’d spent with him, the more convinced she became that he was by far the sexiest guy she’d ever met. Who else… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Dear John, tell me everything. Write it all down, that way, we’ll be with each other all the time, even if we’re not with… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
You were spying on us?" "It was kind of hard not to. You were right there by the workshop with Will. it looked like… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
There are lots of real men out there - men who could fall in love with you at the drop of a hat. — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
