Even a good place gets to be a rut, especially if you're standing in it alone... Alone and lonely have the same root. Nora Roberts More Quotes by Nora Roberts More Quotes From Nora Roberts Do you believe in reincarnation?...I was wondering why some connections seem so easy, so natural, as if they'd already been made and are getting picked up again. Nora Roberts connectionswonderbelieve Every writer needs an editor. I don't care how good you are or think you are. Nora Roberts editorsneedsthinking [As a writer] you have to have the three D's: drive, discipline and desire. If you're missing any one of those three, you can have all the talent in the world, but it's going to be really hard to get anything done. Nora Roberts disciplinemissingdesire I think sometimes fate cuts you a break. Like it says, okay, you've had enough of that crap, so it's time you fell into something nice. See what you make out of it. Nora Roberts fatecuttingnice Lots of people think things would be better some other way. That's why the world's lousy with theme parks. Nora Roberts would-bepeoplethinking If sex is dignified it's not being done right. Nora Roberts being-donedonesex Dolls are like small dead people. Nora Roberts dead-peopledollspeople A writer never finds the time to write. A writer makes it. If you don't have the drive, the discipline, and the desire, then you can have all the talent in the world, and you aren't going to finish a book. Nora Roberts disciplinewritingbook If you don't read for pleasure, you'll lose your edge as a writer. Nora Roberts pleasureedgesifs I write every day. Even if I'm not writing well, I write through it. I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank one. Nora Roberts blankpageswriting I had the blood and fire rule when my boys were young. You know, unless it's blood or fire, don't bother me. Nora Roberts fireboysblood What is technology?... It's another god. Nora Roberts technology My fondest wish, I suppose, would be to die at the keyboard right after finishing a book, perhaps with a little time off to have some really good sex. It's not, 'Oh, thank God, this is book No. 250. I can die now.' Nora Roberts wishbooksex I find I use the Internet more and more. It's just an invaluable tool. I do most of my research on the Net now - and certainly do the bulk of my communicating through email. Nora Roberts emailtoolsuse If you write in category, you write knowing there's a framework, there are reader expectations. Nora Roberts knowingexpectationswriting If you can't dance on it, it isn't coffee. Nora Roberts coffeeifs Luck is luck ... What we do with it determines whether it's good or bad. Nora Roberts bad-luckdetermineluck Pretending the past doesn't exist is as bad as living in it. Nora Roberts pretendingpast Grudges are bridges with faulty spans. Falling off one is a lot more rewarding than getting stuck on the other side. Nora Roberts bridgessidesfall Love is very funny business. And sex - well, let's face it, sex is hysterical. Nora Roberts faceslove-issex