Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Related Quotes:

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

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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

" The publishing industry provides a viable channel which enables a wide distribution of books that we're not seeing in any other way. Unfortunately, self-publishing doesn't have that. "

" 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. "

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

" My mom handed me my first romance novel. "

" The damaged wealthy hero is actually a hugely common trope in romance, and alpha heroes are very common in romance. "

" Living is a constant source of inspiration. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" Take your time, however long the book needs. I've seen a lot of promising careers go into decline because writers succumbed to the pressure to write faster than was comfortable for them or the story. "

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

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

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