#you

I've lost track of the number of people who want to be writers but never actually write anything. Talking about writing, dreaming about writing, can be very fun, but it won't get a book written. You've got to write. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#actually #anything #book #dreaming #fun

My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If your characters are real, then they surprise you, just like real people. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#characters #constantly #friends #give #i

Nothing wrong with making money or doing what you need to do to sell, but I think it shows when you're writing something to pay the bills and when you're writing something because it's really your version of the world. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#bills #doing #i #i think #making

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#came #down #end #get #goal

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#happens #home #may #new #new orleans

What we prefer to read is sort of like sexual preference, you like what you like. Most of the time you have no clue why. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#like #most #prefer #preference #read

You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#either #explodes #head #mellow #our choice

You give the reader a sense of a full meal. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#give #meal #reader #sense #you

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does. ↗

— Laurell K. Hamilton

#does #fan #following #think #you

You'll remember Dr. Rice said that several times: It was not a warning about the place and the method and the time - it was a general warning. And that points out the imperfection, if you would, of our intelligence. ↗

— Lee H. Hamilton

#dr #general #imperfection #intelligence #method