Eden Robinson Quotes

almost all novels are love stories.

We live in a world made up more of story than stuff. We are creatures of memory more than reminders, of love more than likes.

I've fallen in love maybe five times in my life. But it's a long life. I do get crushes. Whether it's men or women or babies.

My friends are very opinionated about the people I date.

I love reader mail, and I do read it, but I won't read hate mail.

I don't mind what the critics say, so long as I get some reaction. The worst thing is to be ignored.

Every time you write anything, at least half your readers are going to disagree with you. A big part of sports writing is how you respond to that tension.

I think, in general, it's better not to respond to reviews of your work.

My stories are fundamentally about the love of family.

I don't believe in trouble. Because I think that trouble is sometimes good, sometimes bad. I've been known to be called trouble, which I think is quite a compliment. But I suppose, thinking about it, that my best and worst trouble has always had something to do with a man.

But the disparaging of those we love always alienates us from them to some extent. We must not touch our idols; the gilt comes off in our hands.

'What time is it,' you ask? According to 16 of my dearest writing pals, it's always time for a wonderful romance!

Write down the advice of him who loves you, though you like it not at present.

I connect music to the emotions that come from relationships, so most of the songs that I write are inspired by those circumstances, emotions, feelings, all that kind of stuff.

Everything inspires me, but when it comes to chemistry, and when it comes to the ups and downs of relationships, that's what's real for people.

Long story short: E. L. James is a hero.

Anytime something is a little new and a little fresh, it's going to be critiqued.

I'm only interested in writing about relationships.

I never receive backlash for my comments. I receive praise.

With any success, a lot of voices come out, and you start hearing a lot more opinions on the matter. We've provoked very strong reactions in both directions since day one.

One does not fall "in" or "out" of love. One grows in love.

Who do you love? It's a question anyone should be able to answer. A question that defines a life, creates a future, guides most minutes of one's days. Simple, elegant encompassing. Who do you love?

This is not a love story, but love is in it. That is, love is just outside it, looking for a way to break in.

Love, after all, always said more about those who felt it than it did about the ones they loved.

Lovers never want to say "I love you" at the same moment. Hence all the love stories.