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.
The emotions attached to them were like sand castles in the tide, slowly washing out to sea.
Most characters are composed of snippets here and there of people I’ve known, and all rolled into the character I’ve created. They do become like their own people.
Relationship is about forgiveness and compromise. It is about balance where one person complements each other.
If Words are the Lyrics, and Laughter the Melody, then a Relationship becomes a Symphony.
Usually, I start thinking about my next novel soon after completing the latest, and it can take anywhere from a month to 6 months to come up with a story.