Quotes from Nicholas Sparks

Single motherhood is a reality for a lot of women in my age group and the time difficulties in their lives are universal.

Believe it or not, I don't collaborate with women, though my agent and editor are both females. For the most part, they do little editing on my characters.

I write the things that I find most attractive in women. I like intelligence, I like passion - give me a little fire, be strong, don't be wishy-washy, do the right thing.

I don't write romance novels.

Sometimes, things don't work out the way we want them to.

Every couple needs to argue now and then just to prove that the relationship is strong enough to survive.

While I sleep, I dream of you, and while I wake, I long to hold you in my arms. If anything, our time apart has only made me more certain that I want to spend my nights by your side, and my days with your heart.

The first time you fall in love, it changes you forever and no matter how hard you try, that feeling just never goes away.

The most ordinary things could be made extraordinary, simply by doing them with the right people.

The scariest thing about distance is you don't know if they'll miss you or forget about you.

You've gotten so caught up in being alone that you're afraid of what might happen if you actually find someone else that can take you away from it.

By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas.

Then we'll find a way to work through all this together because I know I want to spend the rest of my life with you.

When people cared about each other, they always found a way to make it work.

As far as I can tell, dumping soda on people is the equivalent of 'Hi, it's nice to meet you' in this part of the world. Frankly, I think standard greetings work better, but what do I know?

To be quite honest, I've been very blessed when I've worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to film have really liked the work and wanted to stay as close as they could to what the book was.

I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels.

You might not understand but i gave you the best of me.

Everyone makes mistakes, even if some are worse than others. Accidents happen.

You have the Best Of Me.

You have no idea how much the last few days have meant to me," I began. "Meeting you has been the best thing that's ever happened to me.

Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom line, it's harder to break out than ever.

You are my best friend as well as my lover, and I do not know which side of you I enjoy the most. I treasure each side, just as I have treasured our life together.

People are self-absorbed. I think that the mass ability of communication now probably allows individuals to meet more self-absorbed individuals. It has certainly changed the way that people meet.