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

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

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

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

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

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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.

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

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I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I've read has taught me something.

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All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

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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.

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