If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder.
Laurell K. Hamilton

I am not a morning person.
Laurell K. Hamilton

I wasn't like most girls.
Laurell K. Hamilton

I think like a detective.
Laurell K. Hamilton

Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil.
Laurell K. Hamilton

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book.
Laurell K. Hamilton

My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people.
Laurell K. Hamilton

Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror and dark fantasy? If I can't answer the question for myself, I wouldn't dream of trying to answer it for others.
Laurell K. Hamilton