Janet Evanovich Quotes

I actually really suck at naming books, so lots of years ago, readers were sending in their ideas for titles, and what we realized is that they were smarter than us. So we thought, Hey, go for it. So now we have a contest every year.
Janet Evanovich

Thought, Year, Actually

If you want to cry, you're not going to like my books.
Janet Evanovich

I don't want my readers slowed down by long passages of narrative.
Janet Evanovich

Long, Down, Readers

I go to bars and restaurants, and I sit and I eavesdrop on people and I watch people in shopping centers and, you know, I read the newspapers and I talk to the Trenton cops, and I just get a lot of information that comes in that somehow turns into a book.
Janet Evanovich

Book, Talk, Read

I like being able to provide consistent and frequent literary choices for my fans.
Janet Evanovich

Able, Choices, Fans

I struggled to learn basic skills, get a grip on markets, find my own unique voice, create story lines and come up to speed with the industry. I struggled for ten years before having any success.
Janet Evanovich

Success, Find, Before

I take in a lot of stuff from real life, movies, television, news and it all gets mixed in my head and somehow turns into a story idea.
Janet Evanovich

Life, Movies, Real

I think that some books are more successful than others to certain readers. People who read my books for the humor, they're going to love one book. People who read my books for the mystery, they might not like that book quite as much.
Janet Evanovich

Love, Humor, Successful

I took all of my rejection letters - there must have been thousands of them in a huge box - and I went out on the curb and burned them all, crying.
Janet Evanovich

Rejection, Took, Crying

I wasn't always a writer. When I went to college and majored in fine arts, I was a painter. Then I was a stay-at-home mom.
Janet Evanovich

Mom, College, Writer

I'm a real voyeur.
Janet Evanovich

I've finally reached a stage in my career where I can do what I want.
Janet Evanovich

Career, Stage, Finally

Since I can barely write two books a year the best solution seems to be co-author projects. My goal isn't to get another writer to clone me... it's more to produce a book that shares my vision of positive, fun entertainment.
Janet Evanovich

Best, Positive, Fun

Somewhere along the line, I realized that I liked telling stories, and I decided that I would try writing. Ten years later, I finally got a book published. It was hard. I had no skills. I knew nothing about the business of getting published. So I had to keep working at it.
Janet Evanovich

Business, Nothing, Book

The 'Barnaby' books were always intended to be graphic novels.
Janet Evanovich

Books, Graphic, Novels

We don't appreciate the value of humor sometimes.
Janet Evanovich

Humor, Sometimes, Value

You can get through very serious and sometimes horrible and sometimes embarrassing and very awkward situations with humor. It gives us a way out.
Janet Evanovich

Humor, Through, Sometimes

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Writer

Born: April 22, 1943

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