Nicholas Sparks

In times of grief and sorrow I will hold you and rock you and take your grief and make it my own.

I have certain moral parameters that I do not cross in writing; I don't write about adultery or kids having premarital sex.

I would be rejected if I submitted any of my novels as romance novels.

I don't write romance novels.

If you look for me, I'm in the fiction section. Romance has its own section.

None of my characters are rich or famous, and the situations they find themselves in could happen to anyone.

I suppose I'm most influenced by any good, commercial writer. I learn from everyone.

I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh?

My wife, my family, my friends - they've all taught me things about love and what that emotion really means. In a nutshell, loving someone is about giving, not receiving.

Dramatic fiction - William Shakespeare made his biggest mark writing dramatic love stories.

Rekindled love is generally short-term.

In all love stories the theme is love and tragedy, so by writing these types of stories, I have to include tragedy.