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Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#close #door #drafts #either #ever

Focus in on the genre you want to write, and read books in that genre. A LOT of books by a variety of authors. And read with questions in your mind. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#books #focus #genre #lot #mind

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. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#books #done #every #fifteen #hundred

I very seldom, very seldom, even know what my characters look like. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#even #i #know #like #look

If you look for me, I'm in the fiction section. Romance has its own section. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#i #look #me #own #romance

To be quite honest, I've been very blessed when I've worked with Hollywood. The studios that have purchased my work to be adapted to film have really liked the work and wanted to stay as close as they could to what the book was. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#been #blessed #book #close #could

Every night, I have to read a book, so that my mind will stop thinking about things that I stress about. ↗

— Britney Spears

#book #every #every night #i #mind

Recently I saw Kasparov and he looked to me as still young and potent champion. ↗

— Boris Spassky

#i #kasparov #looked #me #potent

The average comedian is kind of an observer looking at everyday things that everyone could relate to and then trying to find the exaggeration in those things. ↗

— Aries Spears

#comedian #could #everyday #everyone #exaggeration

Just because I look sexy on the cover of Rolling Stone doesn't mean I'm naughty. ↗

— Britney Spears

#cover #i #just #just because #look