Nicholas Sparks

Love is the essence of a full and wonderful life.

Nicholas Sparks

Never forget that anticipation is an important part of life. Work’s important, family’s important, but without excitement, you have nothing. You’re cheating yourself if you refuse to enjoy what’s coming.

Nicholas Sparks

Silence is pure and holy. It draws people together because only those who are comfortable with each other can sit without speaking.

Nicholas Sparks

The general rule is that my life is focused on the present, and very little on the past. If anything, I’m a little bit more focused toward the future.

Nicholas Sparks

What it’s like to be a parent, I say that it’s among the hardest things you’ll ever do, but in exchange, it teaches you the meaning of unconditional love.

Nicholas Sparks

A person with autism lives in his own world, while a person with Asperger’s lives in our world, in a way of his own choosing.

Nicholas Sparks

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

Nicholas Sparks

As a writer, I will tell you that darkness is so easy to make interesting. It is so easy because you’re allowed to do anything you want.

Nicholas Sparks

Believe it or not, I don’t collaborate with women, though my agent and editor are both females. For the most part, they do little editing on my characters.

Nicholas Sparks

Believe me, I’m no romantic, and while I’ve heard all about love at first sight, I’ve never believed in it, and I still don’t. But even so, there was something there, something recognizably real, and I couldn’t look away.

Nicholas Sparks