I suppose more than anything, it's the way of life in this part of the country that influences my writing. In Eastern North Carolina, with the exception of Wilmington, most people live in small towns.
Nicholas Sparks

By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas.
Nicholas Sparks

I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex.
Nicholas Sparks

In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy.
Nicholas Sparks

Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It's one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.
Nicholas Sparks

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.
Nicholas Sparks

What's the challenge in writing a novel that few people will read? I'm more than happy writing what I do and have no plans to change that.
Nicholas Sparks

I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh?
Nicholas Sparks

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.
Raymond Chandler

Good critical writing is measured by the perception and evaluation of the subject; bad critical writing by the necessity of maintaining the professional standing of the critic.
Raymond Chandler

The moment a man sets his thoughts down on paper, however secretly, he is in a sense writing for publication.
Raymond Chandler

I do love using keyboards and I love writing keyboard parts, but I am not a player in the true sense of the word.
Geddy Lee

I would like to shift more into writing for and producing people.
Geddy Lee

It's hard for me to just practice without writing something.
Geddy Lee

Some writing and production projects will be a great way to spend my elderly rock years.
Geddy Lee

Writing is hard work and bad for the health.
E. B. White

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar.
E. B. White

Nothing matters but the writing. There has been nothing else worthwhile... a stain upon the silence.
Samuel Beckett

I don't feel comfortable doing interviews. My profession is music, and writing songs. That's what I do. I like to do it, but I hate to talk about it.
Van Morrison

But maybe it's up in the hills under the leaves or in a ditch somewhere. Maybe it's never found. But what you find, whatever you find, is always only part of the missing, and writing is the way the poet finds out what it is he found.
Paul Engle