Ruby Slippered Sisterhood Quotes & Sayings

While the goal of a book is to create a positive emotional experience for the reader, the goal of the opening is to set the stage, to pull the reader in. — Darynda Jones

At the beginning of your career, it's 'Who is Paul Newman?' and then it's 'Get me Paul Newman.' Then it's 'Get me a young Paul Newman.' Then it's 'Who is Paul Newman?' — Paul Newman

Thus, we must realize that October 21, 2011 will be the final day of this earth's existence. — Harold Camping

If you can master the opening, you will be leaps and bounds ahead of the competition. — Darynda Jones

When someone loves you, you are living in the most beautiful place in the earth, in the beauty of his or her mind. So enjoy it, even if it lasts for a moment. — Debasish Mridha

Some of the sweetest hours in life, in retrospect will be found to have been spent with books. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

The origin of the conflict, frustration, and anxiety we experience does not lie in the nature of the world itself but in our distorted conceptions of the world. — Stephen Batchelor

Actresses are nightmares. I don't hang out with any of them. That's a problem with my profession. I try not to be like an actress. — Gina Gershon

We don't read to observe the character from a distance. We read to become the character and experience the conflicts and rewards they are experiencing. — Darynda Jones

But sometimes, when she'd be all by herself, walking home late in the evening on a crowded street she'd be afraid of her own shadow following her ... — Sanhita Baruah

The key to high concept is that fresh twist. Make it a big one. Wow your reader. Force her to gasp when she comes to that part in your story. — Darynda Jones