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Writing Quotes by Nora Roberts
- I loved the process of writing.
- Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.
- Certainly the plagiarism, and dealing with the fallout of it, was the most difficult thing I've ever faced since I started writing.
- I do indeed write on the road. My laptop goes with me everywhere.
- The most important thing is you can't write what you wouldn't read for pleasure. It's a mistake to analyze the market thinking you can write…
- The most important thing in writing is to have written. I can always fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank one.
- You don't find time to write. You make time. It's my job.
- I decided to write category romance as I'd recently discovered them, and enjoyed them.
- I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.
- I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure.
- I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.
- I need to write to be happy.
- I would hope that my writing's cleaner than it was when I started.
- I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career.
- I believe strongly in writing groups such as Romance Writers Of America that offer support, information and networking.
- You can fix anything but a blank page.
- I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank page.
- I didn't get fired." "You didn't punch your boss and get fired from the Tribune? That's what I heard." "I punched what could loosely be…
- So, you’re hitting on Clare the Fair.” “I’m not hitting on her. I’m exploring the possibility of seeing her on social terms.” “He’s hitting on…
- You can't write well what you don't read for pleasure. If it doesn't entertain you, it's not going to entertain anyone else.
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- A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. — Richard Bach
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- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
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- If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. — Isaac Asimov
- Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. — Isaac Asimov