Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Sparks
Nicholas Charles Sparksis an American novelist, screenwriter and producer. He has published eighteen novels and two non-fiction books. Several of his novels have become international bestsellers, and eleven of his romantic-drama novels have been adapted to film with multimillion-dollar box office grosses...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth31 December 1965
CityOmaha, NE
CountryUnited States of America
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It's always exciting to sell a project to Hollywood, but it's scary at the same time because I give up all creative control.
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As for getting the right publisher, many times, you don't end up with much choice in the matter.
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As for writing the second novel, the pressure was immense, but hey, what's life without a little challenge? I just sat down and forced myself to write and in the end, it sold as many copies as the first novel did.
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A WALK TO REMEMBER is set in the late 1950s because that was the last really innocent period in schools.
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A WALK TO REMEMBER is about the power of first, true love and the way it transforms an individual.
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After Hurricane Katrina, my wife and I, like so many others, were going to help, but we wondered what the best way to help was, ... We went through Hurricane Floyd here, so we knew that a few years later there were people still living in trailers. That stuff is so terrible. So we decided to put our energy not into the post immediate stress, but rather the stress that sets in a week later when 'Oh my God. We have no house, no job, your school is gone.' Those kinds of things.
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I've made numerous speeches for Alzheimers associations around the country for eight years now.
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Promoting a book is always the same-busy but fun. I like to meet people who enjoy my work.
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I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like. I keep it vague.
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So I put out a search for him,
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Silence is Holy. It draws people closer together. Because those who are only comfortable with each other, can sit without speaking.
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Movies are fun, movies are an honor, but it's not something I dwell upon.
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My life? It isn't easy to explain. It has not been the rip-roaring spectacular I fancied it would be, but neither have I burrowed with the gophers. I suppose it has most resembled the blue chip stock; fairly stable, more ups than downs, and gradually trending upward over time. A good buy, a lucky buy and I've learned that not everyone can say this about their lives. But do not be misled. I am nothing special; of this I am sure. I am a common man with common thoughts, and I've led a common life. There are no monuments dedicated to me, and my name will soon be forgotten, but I have loved someone with all my heart and soul, and to me, this has always been enough.
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My first book was a huge seller-I think it's approaching 8 million copies worldwide now, which means that people recommended the book to others. Why? I suppose it went to what's best in people-faith, love, loyalty-and that's how people like to see themselves.