Nicholas Sparks Quotes
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So many Indian novels, quite unfairly, do not get the prominence they should because they have been written in a language other than English.
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Wherever I am, I take books, not novels.
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Writers are storytellers. So are readers.
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Sometimes people write novels and they just be so wordy and so self-absorbed.
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If someone put a camera in my face now, when I am in student mode, I would get embarrassed, but when I am modelling, I play characters.
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Characters who don't suffer have no interest to me.
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The film industry is mostly about unidimensional characters.
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I steer clear of books with ugly covers. And ones that are touted as 'sweeping,' 'tender' or 'universal.'
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Some of the biggest movie stars in the world are essentially characters.
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All of my characters are less than perfect.
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Writers are essential. Readers are essential. Publishers are not.
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I try to get roles that challenge me in what I can do and who I think I can portray. For me, it's about creating characters with really fascinating stories, because that's what I like to watch on TV.
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Myself and David, we both love art. We have a lot of respect for Damien Hirst and Julian Schnabel, and we've met them both, and they're very interesting characters. I also have a lot of respect for the working women out there. As you know, it's not easy when you're looking after children and you have a career as well.
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Twitter is fun because it lets me stay in touch with all my original readers who grew up with my books. I love hearing from readers instantly on Twitter.
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I love mystery novels... I love seeing the dramas played out in academic departments, particularly English departments. I started reading these when I was going up for tenure.
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The best characters in books are always the difficult ones, and why would you want to fall in love with someone difficult? The ones I'd fall in love with are the ones I'd definitely keep out of a book.
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We were constantly appealing for funds from readers when I edited 'The Black Dwarf' in 1968-69.
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I don't mind playing bad guys, but I love having the opportunity to play all different types of characters.
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I think for my bones and my size, I better stay with my 60 kilo.
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I made so many films which were more important, but the only one people ever want to talk about is that one with Bogart.
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The people are fed up with their elected officials playing the blame game and treating their political counterparts as enemies.
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For what it's worth, I've been a hip-hopper from birth. Try to disrespect, and get your ass played up like a Smurf.
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I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.
