Author Quotes

Problem solving is hunting. It is savage pleasure and we are born to it.

Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed.

There is a destiny that shapes our ends rough, hew them as we will.

The Christian churches were offered two things: the spirit of Jesus and the idiotic morality of Paul, and they rejected the higher inspiration... Following Paul, we have turned the goodness of love into a fiend and degraded the crowning impulse of our being into a capital sin.

Strong people are made by opposition like kites that go up against the wind.

Sex is the gateway to life.

Memoirs are a well-known form of fiction.

I am, really, a great writer; my only difficulty is in finding great readers.

All the faults of the age come from Christianity and journalism. Christianity, of course, but why journalism?

Yes, I'm happy with Alan Ball's production of my novels.

Very few of my characters are totally heroic or totally villainous.

The Sookie Stackhouse novels were selling well before the TV show, but the TV show led to a lot more exposure and readers. And a lot went on to read my other work. It was a wonderful thing for my bank account.

Silver, gold - I don't discriminate! I like sparkly things.

People are really interested in the concept of eternal youth in this plastic-surgery culture.

No, I won't ever write another 'Lily Bard.' I said everything I had to say about Lily.

Most of the books that feature supernatural characters blending with the modern world and are usually set in big cities.

If I quit having fun, then it's time for me to quit working.

I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something new, and with every new novel I try to improve the process of writing.

I've often wished when I started a book I knew what was going to happen. I talked to writers who write 80-page outlines, and I'm just in awe of that.

I'm looking forward to coming to SleuthFest I've heard so many good things about it from my writer friends. I'm looking forward to seeing my buddies and talking to readers who want to know about the way I work.

I'm a middle-class former housewife who goes to my daughter's softball games.

I try very hard to write the best book I possibly can, every time.

I like the cerebral process.

I like sparkly things.

I freely admit I know nothing about television or writing for the screen.

I don't write the kind of 'happily ever after' that romance readers enjoy.

I certainly think we're going to see more and more graphic novels and more illustrated novels.

I believe if you write a great book, the chances are it'll get a great reception.

Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way.

For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to it.