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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I don't hate it here," she said automatically. Surprising herself, she realized that as much as she'd been trying to convince herself otherwise, she was telling the truth. "It's just that I don't belong here." He gave her a meloncholy smile. "If it's any consolation, when I was growing up, I didn't feel like I belonged here, either. I dreamed about going to New York. But it's strange, because when I finally escaped this place, I ended up missing it more than I thought I would. There's something about the ocean that just calls to me.
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you have to love something before you can hate it.
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You're going to come across people in your life who will say all the right words at all the right times. But in the end, it's always their actions you should judge them by. It's actions, not words, that matter.
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I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like. I keep it vague.
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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've made numerous speeches for Alzheimers associations around the country for eight years now.
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MESSAGE IN A BOTTLE had to be told in third person to be effective.
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I still live in a small town, my wife and children keep me grounded.
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I'm here to love you, to hold you in my arms, to protect you. I am here to learn from you and to receive your love in return. I am here because there is no other place to be.
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Having the book sell out of stores is far and away the most difficult step of all. Walk into a bookstore these days and scan the shelves. Thousands, sometimes tens of thousands of books, are competing with yours and the front of the store is dominated by brand-name authors.
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You know, I do do the laundry in my house!
If I wasn't doing this, I have no idea what I'd be doing.
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F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner have fewer published novels combined than any number of contemporary novelists-Roberts, King, Koontz, Steel, etc.
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Nine years ago, my mother died and my father wore black for a year and a half.