#ow

The name 'Charmageddon' actually comes from a social technique that I use. Which is, you know, literally obliterating people with charm so that you can get away with saying stuff that no one else could ever get away with, you know? ↗

— Hal Sparks

#away #charm #comes #could #else

Tori Amos had a major influence on how I craft words in a song. ↗

— Hal Sparks

#had #how #i #influence #major

Most enlightened men now recognize that General Jackson is not fitted to fill the office of President; his limited experience of anything to do with civil government and his great age make him incompetent. ↗

— Jared Sparks

#anything #civil #civil government #enlightened #experience

By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn how things are done - the mechanics of writing, so to speak - and which genres and authors excel in various areas. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#asking #asking questions #authors #done #excel

Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#business #comes #dollars #done #down

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story. ↗

— Nicholas Sparks

#characters #come #fit #i #initial

If you take any populated place - any major city in America - and drive 45 minutes from that spot directly out of town you'll be in about as country a place as you'll ever find. ↗

— Bubba Sparxxx

#america #any #city #country #directly

Rock fans are pretty fickle, too, you know. ↗

— Bubba Sparxxx

#fickle #know #pretty #rock #too

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