I read over a hundred books a year and have done so since I was fifteen years old, and every book I’ve read has taught me something.
Setting is a major aspect in writing all of my books, both in terms of natural and cultural environments.
I think that setting a novel in a small town taps into a sense of nostalgia among readers. People tend to believe life is different in small towns, and frankly, it is different.
Spending time with you showed me what I’ve been missing in my life.
There are things that happen that change the course of people’s lives, but it’s a function of everybody’s lives.
It’s easy to write something average or even something good. But writing well is quite challenging.
Sometimes, things don’t work out the way we want them to.
I came to the conclusion that unrealized hopes, even small ones, were always wrenching.
I’ve learned to keep my mind open to ideas from any source.
I can say that I don’t have a lot of leisure time, just sitting around doing absolutely nothing, but that’s okay.
My wife, my family, my friends – they’ve all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.
The inspiration for my novels comes from the depths of a creative well, based on asking myself questions over and over. I try to write something different each time I sit down to write; I try to surprise the readers.
You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it’s an art form that benefits everyone.
The romantics would call this a love story, the cynics would call it a tragedy.
One of the exhilarating parts of falling in love is discovering new things about one another, and seeing the world from a different point of view.
Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It’s one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period.
Do you ever sit back and wonder what it all means? Whether this is it or if there’s something greater out there? Or if you were meant for something better?
You need someone who has a really good way of enabling trust in the cast and crew, or the cast particularly, to allow them the confidence to stretch themselves to get the performance that you’re going to need to provide all of the emotional up and downs in the film.
There are always differences when you adapt a novel to a film. A novel is longer so you’re automatically cutting out elements and introspection but this is actually a film that stays very close to the novel.
That’s what dating is for, after all – to learn if you’re compatible with someone.