Top 32 Quotes by Nora Roberts

Mary Stewart will always be my goddess. I can pick up one of her early books - one I've read a dozen times - and still slide right into the story.

One of my greatest pleasures is falling into a story someone else has written.

Aren't most romance heros, or heros in fiction of any kind, generally superior to real men? Same goes for heroines and real women.

You don't find time to write. You make time. It's my job.

My own sense of family, where I came from and what I made for myself is an important part of my life.

Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters.

I believe strongly in writing groups such as Romance Writers Of America that offer support, information and networking.

For over a year I continued to submit mss, and have them rejected - the last few with rejection letters indicated the story was pretty good, but I was American.

I don't fiddle or edit or change while I'm going through that first draft.

I find I use the Internet more and more. It's just an invaluable tool. I do most of my research on the Net now - and certainly do the bulk of my communicating through email.