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
change rewards last-song
Change not only was inevitable, but usually brought its own rewards.
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When I was seventeen, my life changed forever . . .
past cant-change i-can
I know I can't change the past, but I change the future. I can change, too. And I will.
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Things changed, people changed, and the world went rolling along right outside the window.
love change people
I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change.
people changed
We're not the same people we were then. We've changed, we've grown.
past safe-haven cant-change
Everyone has a past, but that's just it--it's in the past. You can learn from it, but you can't change it.
inspirational change believe
I've come to believe that in everyone's life, there's one undeniable moment of change, a set of circumstances that suddenly alters everything.
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I knew I wanted the ending of the story to be poignant and heart-felt, and secondly, because I didn't know if I would be able to do that, since my previous novels hadn't been good enough to publish. If I couldn't do it, I didn't want to waste my time writing the rest of the novel, knowing it would collapse at the end.
adapted best familiar knowing people
The best part of having a movie adapted is knowing that more people will become familiar with my work.
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I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each lived one day at a time. That each day should be spent finding beauty in flowers and poetry and talking to animals. That a day spent with dreaming and sunsets and refreshing breezes cannot be bettered.
based decision historical preference
I have no preference on writing in contemporary or historical periods-that decision is based on the story.
desire
I have no desire to write screenplays-at heart, I'm a novelist.
dream expect hope
You hope for the success, you dream about it, but you never expect it.