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

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" I'm a multimillionaire. "

" The 'Crossfire' demographic is all-encompassing. Age, gender, religion, culture... it doesn't matter. "

" The No. 1 thing is to write the book that you love and then hope that it finds an audience with the same taste as you. I think I've done that, and that's lucky. "

" Living is a constant source of inspiration. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" Writers are not celebrities, so you don't expect to walk down the street and hear, 'Oh my God, there's Sylvia Day.' You prefer to be anonymous. "

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

" There were points in my career where I thought, 'Maybe I'm done. Maybe I've written everything there is to write.' Now I've learned that it's just working itself out. You have to let it do it. "

" The 'Blacklist' duology is a project I am very passionate about, and when the St. Martin's Press team approached me, I was captivated with their presentation. "

" When a story captures me, it comes quickly and easily. "

" Publishers should use the paperback side to leverage the ebook side. "

" 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. "

" Nalini Singh, J.D. Robb, Patricia Briggs, Shelby Reed - these are my pre-order, must-have authors. "

" Some days, you will sit down, and you write tens of thousands of words. Others, you have to force yourself to write a single sentence. "

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

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

" 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. "

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

" You really couldn't do a PG version of 'Crossfire!' It just wouldn't work. "

" 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. "

" 'Scandal' is great because it's intriguing and sexy, and it has a lot of play with secondary characters in situations, lots of drama. "

" 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. "

" Some writers may hate interacting on social media. And if you do, don't do it, because it shows. If you are uncomfortable being out in public, that shows, too, and makes the reader uncomfortable. So find the best way for you to connect with your readers and a way that you enjoy. "

" 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. "

" Readers want a good book; it's a writer's job to give it to them. "

" There are millions of people who think that romance isn't real writing. But the only person who can make you real, make your books real, is you. "

" Reading is No. 1 - I have to read, or I can't write. "

" 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. "