I grew up loving books and stories. Reading became my favourite pastime, and you have to be a reader before you can… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
Typically, I have a fairly good grip on the plot of a suspense novel before I set about writing it. I must… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality. — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
My first computer was an IBM Display Writer. With all its components, it was roughly the size of a bass fishing boat. — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
When I set out to write, I see it very visually. I almost feel like a reporter. I'm relating what I'm seeing… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
Writing 'Rainwater' was a refreshing change of pace... a change of everything, in fact. — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
Before becoming a writer, I worked in the media, for the ABC affiliate in Dallas. — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
Life throws surprises, sorrows, sadness, and hardship, and I think that writing has actually grounded me. It kept me grounded when everything… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
Rarely does a complete idea come to me. I basically start with just a small scene or a snatch of dialogue and… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
My mother was a big reader, and my father was an editorial writer for a newspaper. — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
What do you want? What are you willing to give up to get it? Writing requires you make sacrifices. Be prepared to… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
I made straight A's and never got into any trouble, and I still impose those standards on myself. So writing is my… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
Once I started to write, it was like all the lights came on. I was always making up stories in my head.… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
“The intensity of his expression caused her to tentatively ask, “What?” “I’ve never been a big fan of the missionary position.” Not quite sure… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
'Slow Heat in Heaven' was my 'breakout' or 'crossover' book, and I loved the freedom I felt writing it. — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
People don't care how smart woman is as long as she's charming and gay and pretty. — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
“Ella almost cried out in relief upon seeing him. Conrad released her hand and spun around to see who’d interrupted his bullying. “Afternoon,” — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
“Don’t be afraid of loving this man, Maria had told her. Don’t be afraid. Her slender fingers closed around the warm shaft with its… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
“Whatever else you were about to say, don't. Don't look at me all calf-eyed. Don't nurse any romantic options about me just because I… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
I try to weave a secret into each plot. It's the thread that holds the rest of the story fabric together. In fact, it's… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
“That all any of us has to give is our best. if we do that. we succeed, no matter what the outcome.” — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
“...He called up the numbness with which he armed himself to get through each day.” — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
“Love was a word that poets and songwriters used. They vested the emotion with tremendous powers over the human heart and mind, but they… — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
Even knowing the ending was sad, I wouldn't have deprived myself the beauty of the story. — Sandra Brown Copy Share Image
