"All characters come from people I know,..." - Quote by Nicholas Sparks

“Love should bring joy, it should grant a person peace, but here and not, it was bringing only pain.”

“It was funny that you know someone for years but still discover something you never noticed before.”

“I love you, not just for now, but for always, and I dream of the day that you’ll take me in your arms again.”

“I got tired and embarrassed by the constant poverty of those years. I told Doug [ Brinkley] this is really going to be a horrible downer of a book [The Proud Highway] if all it's going to be is about being broke. I didn't like being reminded of desperation at all times.”

“I really try to think cinematically, because that's how people read. They create a theater in their minds.”

“Write 1000 words a day. That's only about four pages, but force yourself to do it. Put your finger down your throat and throw up. That's what writing's all about.”

“A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.”

“I want characters to have voices that feel authentic, unique, honest, fresh and original - all at once. Part of that authenticity is evoking genuine emotion across life - the sadness, passion, love, sense of loss, missed opportunities, and confusion even. All of this helps us realize that our choices do impact the lives that we eventually lead.”

“Surely the test of a novel's characters is that you feel a strong interest in them and their affairs the good to be successful, the bad to suffer failure. Well, in John Ward, you feel no divided interest, no discriminating interest you want them all to land in hell together, and right away.”