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Stories Quotes by Nicholas Sparks
- I hope to be remembered as an author who defined and exemplified excellence in crafting the modern love story.
- Working on the plot/story idea for my next novel ... It always takes time.
- Too many writers think that all you need to do is write well-but that's only part of what a good book is. Above all, a…
- Novels are very different than films and I love to see someone else's imagining of my story.
- All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.
- Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.
- I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh?
- In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy.
- Every great love starts with a great story...
- Part of me aches at the thought of her being so close yet so untouchable, but her story and mine are different now. It wasn't…
- Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stories unfold, I still can't believe…
- Stories are as unique as the people who tell them, and the best stories are in which the ending is a surprise.
- People come, people go – they’ll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favorite book. When you finally close the…
- A story about family, first loves, second chances, and the moments in life that leads you back home
- As a girl, she had come to believe in the ideal man -- the prince or knight of her childhood stories. In the real world,…
- Who am I? And how, I wonder, will this story end?
- Because everybody lies. It's part of living in society. Don't get me wrong-I think it's necessary. The last thing anyone wants is to live in…
- The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy. In my mind it’s a little bit of both, and…
- The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.
- Where does a story truly begin? In life, there are seldom clear-cut beginnings, those moments when we can, in looking back, say that everything started.…
- People will tell you most of the story… and I’ve learned that the part they neglect to tell you is often the most important part.…
- Always stick to the story. It was when you started backtracking that people got in trouble. Interrogation 101.
- I fell in love with her when we were together, then fell deeper in love when we were apart. Our story has three parts: beginning,…
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