Karen Kingsbury Quotes

I'm thinking my next book should be set on a tropical island, which will obviously require days, even weeks of meticulous research, but I'm prepared to make that sacrifice. That's just the sort of dedicated writer I am.

Without explaining why, and, most of all, without naming other authors or books, I can only say my novels are influenced by love and death.

Like most authors, I also love to read.

I love books, and I love to read, and I had ideas for books that I thought would be neat to read.

I love reading and I love thinking - the reason that I love my books so much is that in order to write them I have to read and to think for years at a time about the same period of time.

I love my job, and I love books. I read anything, including cereal boxes. I care deeply about what people think of my books, and I memorize my reviews. I love to hear from my readers.

I have some great stories and I will get around to writing a book.

I have written a picture book that is based on my daughters. You know, my youngest one likes to tell everybody, 'Mommy wrote 'Best Day Ever' about us.' Which is true.

My sister and brother are both writers as well. We are constantly discussing story and plot lines. And I love to discuss story ideas with my husband.

I - I love being told by people that they enjoy my books, and I think that's really very nice.

I love to write. I write everything across the board - kids' stories and novels and scripts. I actually would like to give that a go; I'd like to try to be a writer.

I love my boys very much. I want only the best for them and am committed to being a devoted father.

Each book first begins with a little idea.

My stories are fundamentally about the love of family.

My dream was, and always had been, to write a book. To be a writer.

Both my parents loved words. That was the big deal in our house.

To write, you need to find what you love.

Sure, best seller. I'd love to knock Stephen King off the top of the list. I know I won't, but, after all, I spend my life inventing a different reality.

We tell stories. We talk about statistics. And in 1978, we added an element of the show that gave it its heartbeat: the long distance dedication.

My commitment is to my kids and my mum and I'm having a whale of a time.

Writing was, is, and will always be my favorite job.

All my children inspire me in life, and that always comes out in the writing.

I've never adapted a book I didn't love.

I work all day, morning and afternoon, just about every day. If I sit there like that for two or three years, at the end I have a book.

I'm hoping to get started on a new novel.