Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only as graphic as need... →
Laurell K. Hamilton
I try not to worry about rewriting books that worked well the first time. I'm too busy writing new books to worry about things that are already... →
There is a sort of theory that you should adapt bad books because they always make more successful films.
Christopher Hampton
You are welcome to your intellectual pastimes and books and art and newspapers; welcome, too, to your bars and your whisky that only makes me ill.... →
Knut Hamsun
I like to give people novels I think they would like, on no particular occasion - just when we're in a bookstore together. I like to receive... →
Daniel Handler
I think books that are meant to be read in the nighttime ought to confront the very fears that we're trying to think about.
I can't think of a story that doesn't have something terrible in it. Otherwise, it's dull. So when I embarked into the world of picture... →
I'm always interested to see what films are made of books. I kind of don't participate as a filmgoer in any kind of debate about what's... →
The hallmark of my books is the relationships that define women's lives.
Kristin Hannah
I want my books to explore motives which make people think, 'Wow! Imagine the psychological state you'd have to be in for that to be your... →
Sophie Hannah