Quotes by Nora Roberts

About Nora Roberts:

Nora Roberts is an American bestselling author of more than 209 romance novels. She writes as J. D. Robb for the in Death series, and has also written under the pseudonyms Jill March and for publications in the U.K. as Sarah Hardesty.
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Memories are nice little possessions. As long as you don't ignore the present when you take them out to play.

Nora Roberts

I'm going to treat myself to one of these as a reward for not knocking himself unconscious with a skillet.

Nora Roberts

A bit of sniffles and men are more work than a brood of babies.

Nora Roberts

When you swallow that pride, Eve, take care you don't choke on it.

Nora Roberts

A relationship isn't something that has to be created in a day or perfected in a day. Part of the game is to keep working on it. It's something that'll always be just a little flawed.

Nora Roberts

As a rule of thumb, I'd say one cliché per [Romance]--and then be damn sure you can make it work. But if you're going to try to write the virginal amnesiac twin disguised as a boy mistaken for the mother (or father depending how well the disguise wo...

Nora Roberts

You can fix anything but a blank page.

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And yet, anything real, anything strong, was never easy. She'd been taught from an early age that the things that mattered most were the hardest to obtain.

Nora Roberts

We all look. The lucky find. The wise accept.

Nora Roberts

I can fix a bad page. I can't fix a blank page.

Nora Roberts

You can't edit a blank page

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

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

Nora Roberts

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

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

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

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Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take practice.

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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.

Nora Roberts

I've gotten to know a number of readers from being online, and really treasure the time I've spent with them.

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

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Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other.

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Author Bio

  • NameNora Roberts
  • DescriptionAmerican romance writer
  • AliasesEleanor Marie Robertson; Jill March; Eleanor Marie Robertson Aufdem-Brinke Wilder; J. D. Robb; Sarah Hardesty
  • BornOctober 10, 1950
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionWriter; Novelist; Author