Everyone has a ghost story, or at least thats how it has always seemed to me. John Searles More Quotes by John Searles More Quotes From John Searles A lot of people are afraid of dolls - everybody remembers Chucky. John Searles dollsrememberpeople When I first came to New York, I would scream like a girl and run to the other side of the street if there was a pigeon. Now I can face off with a pigeon. John Searles girlnew-yorkrunning My first day as an intern in the books department at Cosmopolitan also happened to be the day the O.J. Simpson verdict was announced. John Searles happenedbookfirsts My dad was a cross-country truck driver. John Searles truckdadcountry My writing is sort of Sidney Sheldon meets Anne Tyler. John Searles writing I've gone to readings to see authors after meeting them on Twitter. And while there, I've found myself sitting next to still more writers who I met on Twitter, too. John Searles meetingseemyselfsitting I always wanted to be a writer. John Searles writeralwayswanted People are often surprised that I am so upbeat. I'm always hearing, 'You're so light and funny, and your books are so dark and twisted.' There's a dichotomy. I like books that are dark and creepy. I don't control it - it's just what I gravitate toward. John Searles i-amyoulightfunny No one in my family had ever even gone to college. John Searles evenfamilycollegegone My personality has two sides: a very social side and a reclusive side. I love writing fiction, although I can't imagine ever being locked up in a room writing all the time. John Searles personalitywritingtimelove All my friends are female, I've edited for a magazine for young girls for 15 years, I relate to women, and I'm very, very close to my younger sister. John Searles friendssisterwomenyoung I grew up in a two-bedroom house with my grandfather, my mom and dad and four kids. I slept on the couch or on the floor, and I always wanted to have my own space. John Searles mom-and-daddadspacemom Buying an apartment in New York was beyond my wildest dreams. I had to scrape together every cent to buy it. And I'm so happy I did. John Searles newdreamstogetherhappy I always joke deep down I'm really a teenage girl on the inside. John Searles jokedeepdowngirl I love being able to be a writer. That's what I moved to New York to be. John Searles newbeingnew-yorklove Gone are the days when a publisher could take out an ad, count on a few reviews, and have an author do a couple of signings. Nowadays, readers want to feel a connection with an author. John Searles connectiondaysfeelwant I write in the mornings. I get up every morning at about six in the morning and write until nine, hop in the shower and go to work. Nighttime I usually reserve for re-reading what I've done that morning. I would be lying if I said I stuck to that schedule every single day. John Searles daysingleworkmorning I usually don't write at night, but there are times where I wake up at 3 in the morning and write all night. John Searles writewake-upmorningnight My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot. John Searles bookswritequalityreal At the age of 70-something, Helen Gurley Brown was still a woman who knew how to get men to look at her. John Searles womanlookagemen
