Top 32 Quotes by Nora Roberts

I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.

I decided to write category romance as I'd recently discovered them, and enjoyed them.

I would hope that my writing's cleaner than it was when I started.

Every single book is a challenge.

Every writer has to figure out what works best - and often has to select and discard different tools before they find the one that fits.

I'd always loved to read - and come from a family of readers - but I never thought about writing as a career.

I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure.

I don't base any character on a real person, and really don't do composites either. I make them up.

I long for typical days, but rarely get them any more.

I generally write a first draft that's pretty lean. Just get the story down.