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" I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance. "
Nicholas Sparks
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Perseverance
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" To be quite honest, I've been very blessed when I've worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to film have really liked the work and wanted to stay as close as they could to what the book was. "
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" Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories. "
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Love
Dramatic
Stories
" Rekindled love is generally short-term. "
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Rekindled
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" I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change. "
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" I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church. "
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Go
Profanity
Characters
" I have a great wife and it's very easy to be romantic because it makes her happy and then my life is so much better when she's happy. "
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" If you look for me, I'm in the fiction section. Romance has its own section. "
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Own
" None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone. "
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Find
Situations
" I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns. "
Nicholas Sparks
Live
Writing
Way
" I think that enduring, committed love between a married couple, along with raising children, is the most noble act anyone can aspire to. It is not written about very much. "
Nicholas Sparks
Think
Children
Raising Children
" I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone. "
Nicholas Sparks
Everyone
Learn
Good
" I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours. "
Nicholas Sparks
Words
Three
Sometimes
" Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever. "
Nicholas Sparks
Day
Because
More
" I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something. "
Nicholas Sparks
Over
Me
Done
" In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy. "
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Love
Theme
Tragedy
" I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh? "
Nicholas Sparks
New
Story
Surprise
" Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind. "
Nicholas Sparks
Questions
Books
Focus
" What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that. "
Nicholas Sparks
Challenge
Change
Happy
" I don't write romance novels. "
Nicholas Sparks
Novels
Romance
Write
" I think that men know how to romance a woman and most do it well, at least for a time, otherwise women wouldn't marry them. The problem is that most of them begin to rest on their laurels. "
Nicholas Sparks
Rest
Woman
Women
" Loving once and only once is possible - anything is possible. "
Nicholas Sparks
Possible
Anything Is Possible
Loving
" The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again. "
Nicholas Sparks
Ring
New
Me
" Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period. "
Nicholas Sparks
Writing
Life
Moment
" Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write. "
Nicholas Sparks
Page
Door
Sales
" A typical agent in New York gets 400 query letters a month. Of those, they might ask to read 3-4 manuscripts, and of those, they might ask to represent 1. "
Nicholas Sparks
Month
Ask
Letters
" Over time, quality work will lead to an audience for your work. "
Nicholas Sparks
Work
Audience
Quality
" I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like. "
Nicholas Sparks
Characters
Very
Look
" Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else. "
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Romance
Thinking
Valentine's Day
" I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers. "
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Above
Feel
I Think
" My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving. "
Nicholas Sparks
Family
Love
Wife