Laurell K. Hamilton Quotes

Laurell K. Hamilton

Laurell K. Hamilton

American Writer

Born: Feb 19, 1963

Book Like Own People Writing You

Related authors: Dale Carnegie Denis Waitley Dr. Seuss H. L. Mencken Napoleon Hill Ray Bradbury W. E. B. Du Bois William Arthur Ward

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you. Laurell K. Hamilton

Home You Stay Vegas New New Orleans Goes May Happens Orleans

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice. Laurell K. Hamilton

Love Natural Animals Own Seemed Voice Always Help

I wasn't like most girls. Laurell K. Hamilton

Girl Like Most

I want a kiss to be so believable it gives the reader shivers. Laurell K. Hamilton

Kiss Gives Reader Want Believable

Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only as graphic as need be. And never included unless it furthers the plot or character development. Laurell K. Hamilton

Character Sex Unless Books Character Development Plot Only Never Development Well Want Graphic Included Gratuitous Things Violence Two Need

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail. Laurell K. Hamilton

Writing Style Detail Writing Style Very Sensory Sensual

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

You Better Characters Argue Never Know Than Themselves Your

If people would write exactly what I wanted to read I wouldn't feel so compelled to write myself. Laurell K. Hamilton

Myself People Would Exactly Exactly What Write Feel Read Wanted Compelled

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

You Mellow Take Head Either Choice Your

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book. Laurell K. Hamilton

You Book Words Will Stumble Down Think Hundreds Paper Out Unattainable Perfect Head Perfection Like Looks Came Goal End Get Going May Just Pages Your

I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy, science fiction. Do not take your research from other people's fiction. Just don't. Laurell K. Hamilton

Science People Writing Research Other Say Object Strongly Horror Take Non-Fiction Science Fiction How Just Fiction Cannot Fantasy Your Using

I started off like everyone else does, slogging but having a compulsion to put words on paper. I didn't write or read horror or fantasy, other than children's fantasy, until I was in my teens. Laurell K. Hamilton

I'm not terribly fond of soapboxes. Laurell K. Hamilton

Fond Terribly

I've been writing stories since I was 12. 'Writer's Digest' was one of my writing teachers, actually. Laurell K. Hamilton

Writing Digest Writer Since Been Stories Teachers Actually

By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips. Laurell K. Hamilton

First Rejection Slips Collecting Publications Rejection Slips

Like most creative people I don't fit well into boxes. Laurell K. Hamilton

Creative People Like Most Well Boxes Fit Creative People

I guess, what I'm saying is that when I've been this surprised by my own characters and world, all bets are off. Laurell K. Hamilton

Saying World Own Guess Characters Bets My Own Surprised Been Off

Nothing wrong with making money or doing what you need to do to sell, but I think it shows when you're writing something to pay the bills and when you're writing something because it's really your version of the world. Laurell K. Hamilton

No more Laurell K. Hamilton quotes

Haven't find the right quote? Try quotes from authors related to Laurell K. Hamilton.