Well, you know, writers just suck up new experiences - we're just like the vacuum cleaners of newness.
- Charlaine Harris
New, Like, Writers, Newness
I believe if you write a great book, the chances are it'll get a great reception.
- Charlaine Harris
Great, Book, Believe, Chances
Gay rights is just one of the social issues I'm interested in. I think that people might be less tense about it if we would all accept the fact that not everyone is wired the same way.
- Charlaine Harris
Fact, I Think, Wired, Social Issues
I'm a middle-class former housewife who goes to my daughter's softball games.
- Charlaine Harris
Goes, Middle-Class, Softball, Housewife
The Sookie Stackhouse novels were selling well before the TV show, but the TV show led to a lot more exposure and readers. And a lot went on to read my other work. It was a wonderful thing for my bank account.
- Charlaine Harris
Other, Before, TV, Novels
I certainly think we're going to see more and more graphic novels and more illustrated novels.
- Charlaine Harris
Think, See, Certainly, Novels
Yes, I'm happy with Alan Ball's production of my novels.
- Charlaine Harris
Ball, Production, Alan, Novels
Silver, gold - I don't discriminate! I like sparkly things.
- Charlaine Harris
Gold, Like, Things, Discriminate
I try very hard to write the best book I possibly can, every time.
- Charlaine Harris
Book, Try, Very, Possibly
I'm looking forward to coming to SleuthFest I've heard so many good things about it from my writer friends. I'm looking forward to seeing my buddies and talking to readers who want to know about the way I work.
- Charlaine Harris
Good, Talking, About, Buddies
I freely admit I know nothing about television or writing for the screen.
- Charlaine Harris
Admit, Television, Nothing, Freely
I've written a lot of books now; I've been published for over 30 years. I hope with every book I learn something new, and with every new novel I try to improve the process of writing.
- Charlaine Harris
New, Over, Been, Novel
If I quit having fun, then it's time for me to quit working.
- Charlaine Harris
Me, Working, Having, I Quit
Episcopalians are pretty thin on the ground in the central United States.
- Charlaine Harris
Pretty, United States, Thin
I don't write the kind of 'happily ever after' that romance readers enjoy.
- Charlaine Harris
Romance, Happily, Ever, Readers
I've often wished when I started a book I knew what was going to happen. I talked to writers who write 80-page outlines, and I'm just in awe of that.
- Charlaine Harris
Happen, Going, Outlines, Awe
For any writers at all, read everything you can and then put your butt in the chair and write. That's all there is to it.
- Charlaine Harris
Chair, Read, Writers, Butt
If it pleases you and you can write at all, it's gonna please somebody else.
- Charlaine Harris
Please, Gonna, Else, Pleases
Most of the books that feature supernatural characters blending with the modern world and are usually set in big cities.
- Charlaine Harris
Big, Set, Cities, Blending
People are really interested in the concept of eternal youth in this plastic-surgery culture.
- Charlaine Harris
Culture, Eternal Youth, Eternal
America is obsessed with youth. We all want to look young forever, and vampires do. They are caught in their prime, if that's when they've been turned. And they'll be that way forever.
- Charlaine Harris
Caught, Been, Prime, Vampires
Very few of my characters are totally heroic or totally villainous.
- Charlaine Harris
Few, Very, Characters, Heroic
No, I won't ever write another 'Lily Bard.' I said everything I had to say about Lily.
- Charlaine Harris
Another, About, Ever, Lily
I like the cerebral process.
- Charlaine Harris
Process, Like, Cerebral
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