Nicholas Sparks Quotes

I'm not one of those writers that sits worrying about posthumous fame.

I'm not looking to be famous, but I want a body of work and a moral character that is deserving of fame.

I wanted to see my name on the cover of a book. If your name is in the Library of Congress, you're immortal.

Whenever anyone calls me 'The new J..K. Rowling,' I think, 'What's wrong with the old one?'

When all of us are forgotten, people will still be remembering Stephen King.

How many writers in history have ever been as famous as Stephen King? He casts an awfully long shadow.

In junior high I read a lot of Stephen King, whose Americana approach to writing was often about "the terror next door" and at the same time I was reading a lot of Clive Barker, who was on the other end of the horror pendulum: insidious and disturbingly psychological. I found it fascinating how these two authors came at horror from two totally different perspectives.

I would love to write something that people would still read 50 or 100 years from now. That comes with growing older, I think.

Even the contemporary horror authors who have seriously influenced me are a disparate bunch.

I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people. In the beginning he was just dismissed out of hand, which was terrible.

Stephen King, by far, is the standard-bearer. I think anyone who writes suspense fiction and says that King isn't an influence is either lying or being foolish. I read his book 'On Writing' before I read pretty much any of his fiction.

You know, I think when I reflect on it, I think there's certainly a sense of history. When you have ambitions to play this game, you want to be one of the best ever, and you want to play so well and be so effective that you want people to remember your name 100 years from now.

An author departs, he does not die.

I want to write books that can truly become a legacy and bring benefits to people.

Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King's books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books.

When I'm dead, I wanna leave a body of work, like authors or great painters do. I don't wanna get ideas above my station, but why shouldn't this be comparable? Pop music was supposed to be a flash in the pan, but here we are 50 years later, and it means something to us, and it always will do. It's incredibly important.

When I'm dead, I wanna leave a body of work, like authors or great painters do.

When the legends die, the dreams end; there is no more greatness

I'd like to be remembered as the greatest ever.

If there's one thing I've written that could survive into posterity, I'd want that to be the poetry.

Whenever I would see horror movies I would be traumatized and I'd have to watch them behind my hands or behind the couch sometimes. So I grew up first with authors like John Bellairs and R.L. Stine for kind of the young adult horror. But I found Stephen King in the sixth grade and that was it. I became a rabid fan.

I always think W.S. Merwin's poems will last of anyone writing today. If I had to bet on posterity I would bet Merwin. My poems could easily evaporate. So I don't know. If you find yourself as a writer thinking about posterity you should probably go out for a brisk walk or something.

I'm sometimes asked how I would like to be remembered. I've had a diverse career as a writer, underwater explorer, space promoter and science populariser. Of all these, I want to be remembered most as a writer - one who entertained readers, and, hopefully, stretched their imagination as well.

I want to do something splendid… Something heroic or wonderful that won’t be forgotten after I’m dead… I think I shall write books.

To speak today of a famous novelist is like speaking of a famous cabinetmaker or speedboat designer. Adjective is inappropriate to noun.