Nicholas Sparks Quotes (335 Quotes)

I am nothing special of this I am sure. I am just a common man with common thoughts. There are no monuments dedicated to me and my name will soon be forgotten. But I've loved another with all my heart and soul, and to me, that has always been enough.

Spreading the news is your duty as a Christian, and there are many ways to do this.

I'll admit that it's not easy to get an agent, but becoming successful in anything requires perseverance.

I've made numerous speeches for Alzheimers associations around the country for eight years now.

There's always pressure, a great deal of pressure, when writing, since my first books were so successful.

A person can get used to anything, if given enough time.

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

My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

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

Promoting a book is always the same-busy but fun. I like to meet people who enjoy my work.

Hurricanes are part of southern history, remembered for the damage they caused.

The best part of having a movie adapted is knowing that more people will become familiar with my work.

The first thing I did when I sold my book was buy a new wedding ring for my wife and asked her to marry me all over again.

Romance is thinking about your significant other, when you are supposed to be thinking about something else.

A WALK TO REMEMBER is set in the late 1950s because that was the last really innocent period in schools.

It's not rocket science. You just gotta put them in the right order.

I'm here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you. I am here to learn from you and to receive your love in return. I am here because there is no other place to be.

As for writing the second novel, the pressure was immense, but hey, what's life without a little challenge I just sat down and forced myself to write and in the end, it sold as many copies as the first novel did.

Having the book sell out of stores is far and away the most difficult step of all. Walk into a bookstore these days and scan the shelves. Thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of books, are competing with yours and the front of the store is dominated by brand-name authors.

Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind.

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.

I still live in a small town, my wife and children keep me grounded.

Single motherhood is a reality for a lot of women in my age group and the time difficulties in their lives are universal.

None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.

If I wasn't doing this, I have no idea what I'd be doing.

I wrote the first five pages last because I knew those would take a lot of time and had to be perfect to get the attention of an agent right away.

I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.

Over time, quality work will lead to an audience for your work.

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

It's always exciting to sell a project to Hollywood, but it's scary at the same time because I give up all creative control.

I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone.

Rekindled love is generally short-term.

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.

To be quite honest, I've been very blessed when I've worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to film have really liked the work and wanted to stay as close as they could to what the book was.