I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else.

Quote by Laurell K Hamilton

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Love sucks. Sometimes it feels good. Sometimes it's just another way to bleed.

Love sucks. Sometimes it feels good. Sometimes it's just another way to bleed.

If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder.

If I'd been easily discouraged, I could have been a one-hit wonder.

Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again,...

Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again,...

Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do.

Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do.

I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research....

I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research....

Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go.

Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go.

I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds...

I am a very linear thinker, so I write beginning to end. I write hundreds...

Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly...

Now that I'm being very successful, publishers are trying to mainstream me, but I'm unabashedly...

You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice.

You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice.

I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes.

I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes.

Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even...

Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even...

My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give...

My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give...

I am not a morning person.

I am not a morning person.

Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want...

Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want...

I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words...

I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words...

I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch...

I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch...

I think like a detective.

I think like a detective.

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe...

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe...

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does.

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does.

There comes a point when you just love someone. Not because theyre good, or bad,...

There comes a point when you just love someone. Not because theyre good, or bad,...