Nora Roberts Quotes

“If you don't go after what you want, you'll never have it. If you don't ask, the answer is always no. If you don't step forward, you're always in the same place.”

“Magic exists. Who can doubt it, when there are rainbows and wildflowers, the music of the wind and the silence of the stars? Anyone who has loved has been touched by magic. It is such a simple and such an extraordinary part of the lives we live.”

“You can fix anything but a blank page.”

“When you find somebody you love, all the way through, and she loves you—even with your weaknesses, your flaws, everything starts to click into place.”

“I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it's good for me.”

“When we grow up, we lose the talent for loving without restrictions.”

“Life is like a moustache. It can be wonderful or terrible. But it always tickles.”

“Be yourself. Be true to that, to your heart. Patience. See what happens if you step back instead of bounding forward.”

“We make destiny with every turn, every choice.”

“Some things in life are out of your control. You can make it a party or a tragedy.”

“Love and magic have a great deal in common. They enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take unrelenting and unabating practice.”

“Damn me to hell or take me to heaven, but for Gods sake, do it now....”

“It's up to the parents to not only allow but encourage reading fun books.”

“I don't let myself believe in writer's block. I feel very strongly writing is a habit as much as an art or a craft. If you write crap, you're still writing—and you can fix that. But if you walk away, then you've broken the habit.”

“You know that movie 'Amadeus,' where Salieri was jealous because [Mozart](/people/mozart) seemed to be taking dictation from God?”

“Sex is important in the books because, without it, it would be like eating a rice cake instead of a cupcake.”

“You know, writing's creative and all this, certainly, but you don't just wander around dreaming. That's not what you're getting paid for.”

“Was better than sex.”

“If someone tells you—you can't be that, you can't reach for that? Don't listen. Follow your own light.”

“I hope to write the first romantic suspense time-travel paranormal thriller set in Mongolia dealing with Siamese twins who tragically fall in love with the same woman who may or may not be Annie Oakley.”

“I don't particularly want to. I do not feel obliged in my reading. I read to be entertained and to relax, and to go into another world, not because it's good for me. I don't eat broccoli, either.”