Books Quote by Susan Elizabeth Phillips Download Open image “When male authors write love stories, the heroine tends to end up dead.” — Susan Elizabeth Phillips ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Books Ends Heroines Love Love story Males Stories Writing
“Feminist narrative theory notes that for most of literary history there's been an imbalance between men's and women's stories. Male characters go out into… — Laurie Frankel Copy Share Image
When a man writes a romance, the woman dies. When a woman writes one, it ends all tidy and sweet. — Julia Quinn Copy Share Image
Oh, all stories are the same, aren't they? Men and women fall in love or out of love. People are born; people die. It… — Gabrielle Zevin Copy Share Image
Most mainstream male fiction is littered with heroines, and female characters are basically so great, you want to fall in love with them. — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
I always do like to write love stories, even if they end tragically. — Andrew Davies Copy Share Image
“Why are heroines in romantic novels—despite their cleanliness and enviable lifestyles—so unlikeable? It’s like they’ve been hit with a vanilla ninny stick, devoid of… — Penny Reid Copy Share Image
“In general…there’s no point in writing hopeless novels. We all know we’re going to die; what’s important is the kind of men and women… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“There’s no point in writing hopeless novels. We all know we’re going to die; what’s important is the kind of men and women we… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“Love stories have endings, but love itself is ongoing and continually warped and renewed by the people who do the loving.” — Mandy Len Catron Copy Share Image
One of the things I find in writing about people who are dead is that, after a short or long time, no matter how… — Michael Lindsay-Hogg Copy Share Image
“Well, a love story, that's no story at all. People don't want a happy ending. They want conflict. They want the heroine to fall… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Okay, so I'll admit I'm curious. Big deal. We both know what that leads to. Dead cat. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
...I have to tell you that I'm not all that comfortable with the idea of spending the rest of my life sleeping next to… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
Life sure is easier when you're rich." "And a natural born charmer. Don't forget that part." "How could I?" she retorted. "It's the only… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
For a moment he could have sworn he smelled violets, which was very peculiar, since he had no idea what violets smelled like, except… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
“You're not my matchmaker any longer. But we're still friends, and in the interest of our friendship we need to discuss page thirteen." "Page… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
The final cover for 'Heroes Are My Weakness' feels exactly right. It reflects the cold, wintry setting of an isolated island off the coast… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
“People will always try to steal your power. When you do well, they’ll say it’s only because you’re rich and your parents are big… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
You remind me of someone with a bad toothache who's hitting herself in the head with a hammer to distract herself from the pain… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
“And Eth couldn't help looking. It's been years since he's seen a beautiful naked woman in the flesh. I'd be worried about him if… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
“As she gazed into those cool blue eyes, something strange happened in the vicinity of her middle. She suddenly felt like a hungry woman… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
Something brushed his leg, and he gazed down into the face of Pippi Tucker. The theme from Jaws raced through his head. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
“Did you eat my Twinkies?" She gulped. Keeping her eyes glued to the whip, she said, "Exactly what Twinkies are we talking about?" "The… — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
I think a new world will arise out of the religious mists when we approach our Bible with the idea that it is not… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If I had a dollar for every time I couldn’t sleep, I could buy a billion locks and finally read a book in peace. — Aesop Rock Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
My sentences got sharper and my stories more efficient, and I gradually learned to imagine the reader more clearly and to empathize with that… — Karen Thompson Walker Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
“Within the pages of books, I've journeyed to Mandalay, the Milky Way and Santa Fe, without once having to leave my armchair.” — Kevin Ansbro Copy Share Image
“Tacitus did not write a most dangerous book. His readers made it so.” — Christopher K. Krebs Copy Share Image
“Take some books and read; that’s an immense help; and books are always good company if you have the right sort.” — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I have many who keep me going, I am very fortunate in this sense. There is nothing like a child who knows more about… — Floyd Cooper Copy Share Image
I think books in which people are really happy and things are going well are probably the most challenging novels there are to write,… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
