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Sandra Brown Quotes

American - Author | March 12, 1948 -

I love writing villains because I was the big sister of five girls, so I had heavy responsibility growing up. I had to be 'the good girl.'

Love Good Girl Responsibility Sister

For each book, there's a back story of where the idea came from. Sometimes it's derived from a current event or topic of discussion, such as 'Deadline.'

Book Story Back Sometimes Discussion

I 'climbed' Sandia Peak outside Albuquerque. Which is really piddling as far as mountains go. It's a mere 9,000 feet and some change, and what I went up was a path on one of the gentler slopes. It's about seven miles to the summit, and I walked it with my husband, son, and brother-in-law. For me that was a tremendous accomplishment.

Change Son Path Mountains Me Feet

I think of my books now as suspense novels, usually with a love story incorporated. They're absolutely a lot harder to write than romances. They take more plotting and real character development.

Love Character Story Think Now More

Rarely does a complete idea come to me. I basically start with just a small scene or a snatch of dialogue and force myself to write and to keep writing. Sometimes it becomes a book.

Myself Me Writing Small Start Book

Life throws surprises, sorrows, sadness, and hardship, and I think that writing has actually grounded me. It kept me grounded when everything else was falling apart.

Life Me Writing Sadness Think

Writing 'Rainwater' was a refreshing change of pace... a change of everything, in fact.

Change Writing Refreshing Everything

I love being the bad guy, simply because I was always so responsible, so predictable growing up.

Love Growing Up Bad Growing Always

I made straight A's and never got into any trouble, and I still impose those standards on myself. So writing is my chance to escape and become the sleaziest, scummiest role.

Myself Writing Chance Trouble Escape

I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.

Live Personality Theatre Television

I grew up loving books and stories. Reading became my favourite pastime, and you have to be a reader before you can be a writer.

Reading You Loving Up Books Writer

My mother was a big reader, and my father was an editorial writer for a newspaper.

Father Mother Newspaper Big Writer

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