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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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 read all of Ayn Rand's novels when I was 17.
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Drawing on the experience I have of now directing, to me, my one strength that I know is my ability to communicate with actors and therefore make characters really important.
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Every time I come home, and every time before I leave, I invite all my friends and I get hummus from this little shack in Tel Aviv called Baadunas.
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One time I didn't leave my hotel room for four days, I was so stuck in my head. But now, with maturity and age, I've realized that winning isn't everything. It's very much about the journey, particularly in my sport. There are so many people on my team, and I've got to be conscious of them. So while winning is definitely the ultimate goal, the lessons learned when I don't win only strengthen me.
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How can one not be fond of something that the Daily Mail despises?
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I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.
