Quotes from Jude Deveraux

You should really stay true to your own style. When I first started writing, everybody said to me, 'Your style just isn't right because you don't use the really flowery language that romances have.' My romances - compared to what's out there - are very strange, very odd, very different. And I think that's one of the reasons they're selling.

I think I'd want to have an affair with a Montgomery but marry a Taggert.

What I do know is that I can't hurt a ghost. I wish I could fall in love with Ann Stuart. I wish I could wed her and bed her and have children with her. I wish I could fill that huge house with little spirit children who would live forever and never die.

I have many things I want out of life, but I'm practical. I know that I must wait to get what I want.

Everyone wanted his relatives to be proud of him, didn't he?

Better to allow people to think you're a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.

I would rather die then try to live without you", "May you always love me and want me but never have me", "May you never love anyone but me".

What kind of wedding do you want?" "The one with a groom.

My university degree is in art and, yes, I do a lot of drawing for all my books. I have a big drafting table set up in a spare bedroom and I cover it with maps and house plans and sketches that I use in the books. Also, I truly love architecture, so that plays a big part in all my books.

Waiting for Prince Charming?" "Aren't all women? And you're waiting for Cinderella." "Actually," Jared said slowly, "I'm rather hoping to find the Evil Queen. I think she'd be much more fun.

I don't like to read books where I feel as though I've stepped into the middle of things and don't know what's going on. I like to see characters I've met before, but I don't want to feel left out because I haven't read other books in the series.

To be able to see the flaws in your own work is a gift.