If you have no conflict, you have no story. That's number one. That's a rule of novels. Nicholas Sparks More Quotes by Nicholas Sparks More Quotes From Nicholas Sparks If you look for me, I'm in the fiction section. Romance has its own section. Nicholas Sparks romancelooksfiction We sit silently and watch the world around us. This has taken us a lifetime to learn...for silence is pure. Silence is holy. It draws people together...this is the great paradox. Nicholas Sparks silencetakenpeople Too many writers think that all you need to do is write well-but that's only part of what a good book is. Above all, a good book tells a good story. Focus on the story first. Ask yourself, 'Will other people find this story so interesting that they will tell others about it?' Remember: A bestselling book usually follows a simple rule, 'It's a wonderful story, wonderfully told'; not, 'It's a wonderfully told story.' Nicholas Sparks simplewritingbook Alzheimer's ... it is a barren disease, as empty and lifeless as a desert. It is a thief of hearts and souls and memories. Nicholas Sparks alzheimersheartmemories We fell in love despite our differences, and once we did, something rare and beautiful was created. Nicholas Sparks notebookbeautifullove There are no authors in my genre. No one is doing what I do. Nicholas Sparks genre There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful. Nicholas Sparks successfulwritingbook I write 2,000 words a day when I write. It sometimes takes three hours, it sometimes takes five hours. Nicholas Sparks threewritingsometimes I don't write fantasy, I write reality. Also, my novels have roots to Greek tragedies and as such, there has to be tragedy. Nicholas Sparks rootswritingreality Marriage is about becoming a team. You’re going to spend the rest of your life learning about each other, and every now and then, things blow up. But the beauty of marriage is that if you picked the right person and you both love each other, you’ll always figure out a way to get through it. Nicholas Sparks teamblowway 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 agentstypicalnew-york Single motherhood is a reality for a lot of women in my age group and the time difficulties in their lives are universal. Nicholas Sparks single-mothermotherhoodreality I don't write romance novels. Nicholas Sparks romancenovelwriting By making the place and the people and the feelings real, by the time someone closes the cover of one of my books, they have, hopefully, felt all of the emotions of life. Nicholas Sparks realbookpeople Love puts all logic to sleep. Otherwise, we wouldn't risk it. Nicholas Sparks logicrisksleep The key to happiness is achievable dreams. Nicholas Sparks key-to-happinesskeysdream Love is a gift. You give love and that's where the joy is. Nicholas Sparks joylove-isgiving But most of all, what really attracted me to her was her manner. She laughed a lot, and it's easy to fall for someone who can find humor in any situation. She was also intelligent, well read, and well spoken, willing to listen and confident in her beliefs. And most of all, she was warm. Nicholas Sparks intelligentbelieffall Without love of something I don't know if you can have a meaningful life at all. Nicholas Sparks without-loveknowsmeaningful I think our love can do anything we want it to. Nicholas Sparks notebookromanticthinking
