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" Obviously, there are those in the industry who don't give romance novels the level of respect the sales would warrant. They'll talk about a book that sells maybe 100,000 copies, that happens to be very literary, whereas something like 'Crossfire' will sell 13 million copies in a single language and hardly get any mentions at all. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" The world would be a very sad place if readers could only love one story. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" My mom handed me my first romance novel. "

" Gratitude goes a long way. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" When it comes to your hero, what the readers really fall in love with are his flaws. No one ever falls in love with a perfect hero. "

" 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 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 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. "

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

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

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

" 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. "

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

" Writing the 'Crossfire' series is deeply personal for me, and I love the whole process of it. "

" The '50 Shades' series is a Cinderella story, where the characters seemingly have no flaws. The 'Crossfire' series is very different in that these two characters are almost mirror images of each other. "

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