Quotes by Jayne Ann Krentz

About Jayne Ann Krentz:

Jayne Ann Krentz is an American writer of romance novels. Krentz is the author of a string of New York Times bestsellers under seven different pseudonyms. Now, she only uses three names. Under her married name she writes contemporary romantic-suspense. She uses Amanda Quick for her novels of historical romantic-suspense. She uses her maiden name for futuristic/paranormal romantic-suspense writing.
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Life is too short to waste time on books that end badly

Jayne Ann Krentz

A lady with a past has nothing to lose. But a woman with a future can't be too careful.

Jayne Ann Krentz

You must be very secure in your masculinity to parade around in those budgie smugglers.” “Oh, I’m very secure.” He see-sawed the towel over his back. “And I’m happy to show you the rear view of my budgie smugglers—oh wait—you already ...

Jayne Ann Krentz

But baby, you started this.” The hand on her hip tugged her closer, her inner thighs brushing against the smooth fabric pulled taut over his long legs. She tugged at the fingers on her hip, wriggling at the same time, desperate to escape. “And no...

Jayne Ann Krentz

So you’ll cheat to win, huh?” “I’ll use any means necessary to win.” Her breasts ached at the smoky tone in his voice, like he’d reached out and rolled her nipples between his fingertips.

Jayne Ann Krentz

Friends may come and go but enemies accumulate.

Jayne Ann Krentz

When you lose your parents, the sadness doesn't go away. It just changes. It hits you sideways sometimes instead of head-on. Like now.

Jayne Ann Krentz

You never know who anybody is. Even the people closest to you.

Jayne Ann Krentz

The very sight of a daffodil still makes me shiver, because spring in the north of England is always so bitter.

Jayne Ann Krentz

For heaven's sake, dear, he's a man. Men aren't very good at analyzing themselves, you know.

Jayne Ann Krentz

I read what I like to write: romantic suspense. I also love thrillers and novels of suspense, but I can't handle extreme violence and torture.

Jayne Ann Krentz

The negative attitudes toward the genres - romance, science-fiction, westerns, suspense, etc. - are fallout from the academic world's long-standing fascination with existential philosophy and modern theories of psychology and sociology.

Jayne Ann Krentz

The concept of psychic energy is easy for most people to imagine. After all, it's just one step beyond intuition - and almost everyone is comfortable with the idea of intuition.

Jayne Ann Krentz

Readers understand that the books celebrate female power. In the romance novel, the woman always wins. With courage, intelligence and gentleness she brings the most dangerous creature on the earth, the human male, to his knees.

Jayne Ann Krentz

The romance genre is the only genre where readers are guaranteed novels that place the heroine at the heart of the story. These are books that celebrate women's heroic virtues and values: courage, honor, determination and a belief in the healing powe...

Jayne Ann Krentz

Believe in yourself and in your own voice, because there will be times in this business when you will be the only one who does. Take heart from the knowledge that an author with a strong voice will often have trouble at the start of his or her career...

Jayne Ann Krentz

Trust me, I did not set out to establish three pen names and, for the record, I do not recommend it as a career strategy. The idea back at the start was that I would stick with the name that proved most successful.

Jayne Ann Krentz

Author Bio

  • NameJayne Ann Krentz
  • DescriptionRomance novelist
  • BornMarch 28, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter