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All Quotes by author - Sylvia Day

" As a writer, it's disheartening to write books that you pour your soul into and not have them distributed widely enough to find their audience. "

" As for discipline and rules, I confess, I've never been good with either. "

" Especially in writing love stories, there's always the assumption that once you've said 'I do,' once you get to the point where you're married, well, the hard part is over. "

" Every writer follows a theme, and mine is survival. If you can't figure out what a writer's theme is, look at the books you are attracted to. "

" For the most part, romance is written in third person, and it's written in multiple points of view, so you're in the hero's head, and you're in the heroine's head. I've always said that I'm more of a narrator than a creator. "

" Gratitude goes a long way. "

" I believe that if you work hard at a relationship, devoting time and energy to it, being willing to grow and experiment, and never take it for granted, that you can continue to feel the initial attraction and excitement indefinitely. "

" I can't live without my smartphone, but I really geek on coding. It's not so much technology that I like, but puzzle solving. "

" I go to a lot of conferences and conventions to meet with readers directly. "

" I had a very realistic expectation of the level of success that it was possible to attain writing romance novels. "

" I have had unattractive heroes - broken noses, scars, crooked teeth. You want to give them something that is human. My heroines struggle with being too short or fat or old. Some are older than the heroes. You try to cover all spectrums. "

" I have things I watch in my downtime - I love 'Scandal.' I don't write political romance, so there's not a direct relation there. But it's something I do just to turn off the brain for a little bit, and just to relax and recharge. "

" I just have to let the story go the way it needs to go and let them take the detours they want to take, and I'll get to the end. "

" I know of a few writers who are husband and wife teams. "

" I love connecting with readers! "

" I love digital books. And I actually started digital-first publishing back in 2005. "

" I'm a big fan of IMAX/3-D films; I love that whole experience. "

" I'm a multimillionaire. "

" I spend a lot of time on social media, I'm on Facebook every day; I'm on Twitter every day. "

" I think we love the fantasy of being the one person who can really touch the person who has been untouchable for everybody else. There's something that makes us feel very special about that; that we could be the one out of everyone who's tried and everybody who's wanted to reach that person - you're the only one who could do it. "

" It's fun to try and picture what exactly is in your head and translate it onto the screen. How you can take something that lives in my mind and bring it to life - but that part is fun. "

" It's not uncommon for men to show up at my book signings or to send me emails with their thoughts about my books. I've also heard from a number of female readers who were introduced to my works by men in their lives. "

" I urge aspiring writers to write three full-length novels before contemplating publication. "

" I've been told by readers that they love how my heroes fall in love fast, first, and with conviction. "

" I've found that writers who don't read really can't write. "

" I've learned to allow myself the room to fall in love with what I'm writing. "

" I want to write a story for people where they finish it, and it sticks with them. "

" I was 12 and read my first romance novel; it was a sweeping desert saga, and I got to the end of it and was like, 'I want to go back and start all over again!' That emotional response to the book and getting to the end of a story you love is what inspires me to write the next book. "

" Living is a constant source of inspiration. "

" My heroines, more often than not, are the ones who are troubled and resistant. "

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