Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It's the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It's that important, so don't mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write.
Nicholas Sparks
Related Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished w... NICHOLAS SPARKS To stand on the brink of what is coming, feeling eager, optimistic anticipation—with no feeli... ASK AND IT IS GIVEN It is a lie. ARTHUR MILLER It ends or it doesn't. That’s what you say. That’s how you get through it. The tu... CAITLYN SIEHL I like to open for a band as it brings on sort of a challenge and it makes things more interesting. ... KELLY JONES It is what it is, it is what you make it. JAMES DURBIN You know, I don't think my music is important, I don't think it's changing the world, I ... SUFJAN STEVENS If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don'... MARY GARDEN If you have a question, ask. How do you ask? Say it or write it SOTONYE ANGA I am Happy and satisfied with what I am.
10000 will take me wrong, 1000 will go against me, 100 will... NEHA KOTHARI If our mind was an ocean then every now and then we would have the perfect storm happening in it.Gar... GARY F EVANS... It's irrelevant who or what directed a movie; the important thing is that you either respond to ... KATHRYN BIGELOW How a piece ends is very important to me. It's the last chance to leave an impression with the r... S. E. HINTON It is a small world. You do not have to live in it particuarly long to learn that for yourself. Ther... NEIL GAIMAN 37. It is better to be single and unhappy than unhappily married. JAMES C. DOBSON I regret that I wasn't more successful with my marriages, but it is what it is. TED TURNER Write a lot. And finish what you write. Don't join writer's clubs and go sit around having c... JERRY POURNELLE I don't write constantly; it's two serials and a novel a year. UMERA AHMAD Hebrew is my first language, so it's really the most personal and the most simple. When I write ... YAEL NAIM When you first read a script is the purest moment. That's when you can understand how an audienc... DAVID TENNANT it's always important to do what you want, Life is too short to live with Regrets. SHELLI THOMPSON Agents will read unpublished work because they might make money, and that's their job. It isn... BERNARD CORNWELL You don't find interesting stuff because you don't search enough, ... every book has it's own lesson... DEYTH BANGER Nowadays, it's hard to find the best horror and to be interesting and to be afraid of it! DEYTH BANGER When you pick up a book, everyone knows it's imaginary. You don't have to pretend it's n... PAUL AUSTER He never seemed to get tired. Always first up and ready to move on. Never afraid of what lay ahead. ERIN HUNTER The king may rule the kingdom, but it's the queen who moves the board. D.M. TIMNEY The point really is that a writer tends to write a book that he or she tends to write. It's as s... VIKRAM SETH A shot is a lever; it's all it is. You don't open a car door differently each time. A car do... JERRY WEST I don't think you ever stop giving. I really don't. I think it's an on-going process. An... OPRAH WINFREY I could go away five or six weeks in a row and never touch a club. I would just look at them and say... FRED COUPLES If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule. And send it in, and send it in to someone... ROBERT B. PARKER Let's don't do it again and again, posting the same, saying the same and the same. It's pointless! DEYTH BANGER I have a handicap in that English is not my first language. So even though I'm a writer, I don... PATRICIA RIGGEN I don't read anything electronically. I don't write electronically, either - except e-mails ... JOHN IRVING I write so that people will read what I write. I don't want to write a book that a thousand peop... ANN HOOD It's really irritating when you open a book, and 10 pages into it you know that the hero you met... GEORGE R. R. MARTIN I don't know what makes a writer's voice. It's dozens of things. There are people who wr... PAULA FOX You are an adult and you don't understand me and what are the differences between the adult and the ... DEYTH BANGER Lots of people can write a good first page but to sustain it, that's my litmus test. If I flip t... CARL HIAASEN Unpredictability means what it means. I don't know how you define it. It is what it is. MICHAEL KEATON Don't be discouraged or complacent; keep reading it, keep sharing it because it's God's page opened ... ISRAELMORE AYIVOR Risks can lead to great victories or defeats. Even if you are defeated, the lesson will be valuable ... LAILAH GIFTYAKITA I don't know about other writers, but for myself, to write I must be relatively quiet - it's... RAY CHARLES I wouldn't give up my career for somebody. The most important thing to me is my work, and reachi... ADELAIDE KANE It's fun for me to try to write concise, compact things. It's a very good exercise for me. A... WILLIAM T. VOLLMANN A writer has an inescapable voice. I think it's inherent in the nature, and I think that we don&... HORTON FOOTE If you don't think it. You'll never do it! ANTHONY T. HINCKS If there is something that strikes me as interesting or beautiful or something I could learn from, a... TAVI GEVINSON It's hard enough to write a good drama, it's much harder to write a good comedy, and it'... JACK LEMMON It's much better to write a book and stick to the research - that's history. In cinema, emot... PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI Every writer has written a spec. It's the first thing you write, and it basically stands as a me... TAYLOR SHERIDAN Writing is total grunt work. A lot of people think it's all about sitting and waiting for the mu... JODI PICOULT There's probably a couple someones that are gonna hear the songs and go, 'I think that might... CHRIS YOUNG I'm not a hustler. I don't pitch songs. I don't ask people to write with me. It's no... CHRIS STAPLETON Life is weird and wonderful like that, is it not. SONYA.E.WILLIAMS Without question, the single most important attribute of a successful entrepreneur is integrity. And... DAVID S. ROSE When you write a story, it just flows and you don't control it. It's subconscious. IMTIAZ ALI When I die it will be game over,... but I know one life is short, to be selfish is not the best deci... DEYTH BANGER Starbucks is the last public space with chairs. It's a shower for homeless people. And it's ... MIKE BIRBIGLIA Everybody struggles with being an oddball. It's tough trying to fit in when you're a kid; th... NAOMIE HARRIS For me, songwriting starts with a melody. When a musician plays a chord progression, either the word... RAIN PHOENIX I always tell students that writing a poem and publishing it are two quite separate things, and you ... WENDY COPE I leave a $100 bill and a note to the housekeeper at every hotel I've ever been in. It's imp... JIM IRSAY For starters, that’s a rather simple principle of Time Travel right there – and according to the... CHRISTINA ENGELA Our job as friends, mentors, parents, and writing coaches is not to write anyone's college essay... KATE KLISE If we don't fear God, it's because we don't know God. CRAIG GROESCHEL Integrity is not everything, but it is the only thing that matters. JEFFREY FRY YI teamed up with the Allstate Foundation to basically inform teens why it's important to drive ... AUSTIN MAHONE As a writer, you write the book, you give it to your editor, it's copy edited, it's publishe... DAVID BERGEN It is what it is, and it ain't nothin' else... Everything is clearly, openly, plainly delive... DAN FLAVIN With '10,000,' our aim was to make a film that was entertaining and a roller-coaster ride; i... STEVEN STRAIT Don't use all-or-nothing thinking. Take each day as its own day, and don't worry about it if... HENRY CLOUD You don't ever want to devalue music. Music is important; it's necessary product. I always t... ROBERT COPPOLA SCHWARTZMAN I write what I think is funny and I write from a sense of popping a balloon or a sense of injustice,... DENIS LEARY I write a chapter, then edit it and edit it and edit it and edit it. I don't think we mine creat... ANN VOSKAMP Maria Sharapova winning Wimbledon at 17, I don't think that's ever going to happen again. It... EUGENIE BOUCHARD More important, it's because God is our only true source of life. CRAIG GROESCHEL My personal opinion is that, if you're a professional writer, that you do have quotas. So every ... CHRIS BOHJALIAN I think it's really important that I'm not the only model in the world that goes through per... GIGI HADID The most important thing is to live an interesting life. Keep your eyes, ears and heart open. Talk t... MICHAEL MORPURGO Her hormones slipped into their sexy underwear with a grin. JENNIFER SCHMIDT I've never dated anyone in Hollywood - or anyone famous, for that matter. I don't know that ... ED SHEERAN I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've e... MALCOLM WILSON Life is not all about sticking or stopping your thoughts to old memories but LIFE STARTS when you st... NEHA KOTHARI My theory is, I don't know how long it's going to be, five or ten years, there will be only ... ERIC FELLNER I'm a working writer; this is my job. So it matters to me that it's good. I sweat over every... ALEXANDRA FULLER - I tak nieźle sobie pożyłem. - Co to za życie? – powiedział ojciec.- Nic tylko kłamstw... CHARLES BUKOWSKI People want to create something bigger for themselves, and making up drama that isn't there give... ALESSIA CARA But it's the particularity of a place, the physical experience of being in a place, that makes i... HARI KUNZRU I don't write listening to music, and in a way it seems silly that any writer should have to exp... RACHEL KUSHNER If it's stage, the two most important artists are the actor and the playwright. If it's film... BRAD DOURIF I know that one of the great arts that the writer develops is the art of saying, 'No. No, I'... MAYA ANGELOU Money isn't the most important thing in life, but it's reasonably close to oxygen on the ... ZIG ZIGLAR You know, my hair is very upsetting to people, but it's upsetting on purpose. It is important to... TYNE DALY Instinct's the iron skeleton under all our ideas of free will. STEPHEN KING Melody is the single most important thing to any song, period. I don't care what anybody says, i... RYAN TEDDER One time I tried bangs, and people just weren't feeling it at all, but it's my hair. It'... JUSTINE SKYE There are so many things we do in life that define the real meaning of our lives. There are so many ... ERNEST AGYEMANG YEBOAH Some people write a thank you note for a gift, and it's three pages long, and some people write ... BILL CALLAHAN
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NICHOLAS SPARKS I don't know that love changes. People change. Circumstances change. NICHOLAS SPARKS There were moments when it honestly seemed as if the world were conspiring against her. NICHOLAS SPARKS You gotta know when to be lazy. Done correctly, it's an art form that benefits everyone. NICHOLAS SPARKS I'm writing a new love story, set in eastern North Carolina. Surprise, surprise, huh? NICHOLAS SPARKS When I look in the mirror, I know I’m looking at someone who isn’t sure she deserves to be loved... NICHOLAS SPARKS You're still alive. And that means you'll love and be loved...and in the end, nothing else really ma... NICHOLAS SPARKS It's funny, but have you ever noticed that the more special something is, the more people seem to ta... NICHOLAS SPARKS And I learned what is obvious to a child. That life is simply a collection of little lives, each liv... NICHOLAS SPARKS By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it's possible to learn ... NICHOLAS SPARKS Loving once and only once is possible - anything is possible. NICHOLAS SPARKS Everyone wanted to believe that endless love was possible. She'd believed in it once too, back when ... NICHOLAS SPARKS It's the possibility that keeps me going, not the guarantee. NICHOLAS SPARKS If you simply ignored the feeling, you would never know what might happen, and in many ways that was... NICHOLAS SPARKS When you're struggling with something, look at all the people around you and realize that every sing... NICHOLAS SPARKS Jamie saved my life. She taught me everything. About life, hope and the long journey ahead. I'll alw... NICHOLAS SPARKS Yet losing him seemed unbearable. He was the one she loved, the one she would always love, and as he... NICHOLAS SPARKS and all I could think was that I would like to spend every morning for the rest of my life waking up... NICHOLAS SPARKS Strange, what being forced to slow down could do to a person. NICHOLAS SPARKS And when I came in with tears in my eyes, you always knew whether I needed you to hold me or just le... NICHOLAS SPARKS There's no love like the first. NICHOLAS SPARKS I was in love, and the feeling was even more wonderful than I ever imagined it could be. NICHOLAS SPARKS She wasnt exactly sure when it happened. Or even when it started. All she knew for sure was that rig... NICHOLAS SPARKS How far should a person go in the name of true love? NICHOLAS SPARKS love, I've come to understand is more than three words mumbled before bedtime. NICHOLAS SPARKS Amanda olhou para ele - Tens de compreender que já não sou a rapariga que era dantes. Sou casada e... NICHOLAS SPARKS If people don't like you, or they think you're strange, then that's their problem. NICHOLAS SPARKS Cierro los ojos y me convierto en un barco intrépido, osado e invencible en medio de un mar agitado... NICHOLAS SPARKS Te quiero, Allie. Soy quien soy gracias a ti. Tú eres todas mis razones, todas mis esperanzas y tod... NICHOLAS SPARKS En momentos de pena y sufrimiento, te abrazaré y te reconfortaré, tomaré tu tristeza y la haré m... NICHOLAS SPARKS La poesía aporta una gran belleza a la vida, pero también una gran tristeza, y no estoy seguro de ... NICHOLAS SPARKS La razón por la que nos duele tanto separarnos es porque nuestras almas están enlazadas. Quizá si... NICHOLAS SPARKS Nos enamoramos a pesar de sus diferencias, y de nuestra relación surgió algo genuino y hermoso. NICHOLAS SPARKS —Supongo que todavía anhelo la clase de amor que compartimos aquel verano. NICHOLAS SPARKS Esa chica fue tu primer amor, y hagas lo que hagas, siempre estará presente en tu corazón. NICHOLAS SPARKS Hacía tiempo que había aprendido a gozar de las cosas sencillas, cosas que no se podían comprar. NICHOLAS SPARKS Creo que en la vida todo es posible. NICHOLAS SPARKS Nadie ha erigido un monumento en mi honor y mi nombre pronto caerá en el olvido, pero he amado a un... NICHOLAS SPARKS Without you in my arms, I feel an emptiness in my soul. I find myself searching the crowds for your ... NICHOLAS SPARKS F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, and William Faulkner have fewer published novels combined tha... NICHOLAS SPARKS It's very difficult to find someone when you don't know the parent's names or have a street address, NICHOLAS SPARKS Having the book sell out of stores is far and away the most difficult step of all. Walk into a books... NICHOLAS SPARKS ...nothing wonderful lasted forever. Joy was as fleeting as a shooting star that crossed the evening... NICHOLAS SPARKS "You are the answer to every prayer I've offered. You are a song, a dream, a whisper, and I don't kn... NICHOLAS SPARKS I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church. NICHOLAS SPARKS I'm Catholic, and my wife is Catholic. We're very religious. We go to church. We pray every night. W... NICHOLAS SPARKS Because publishing is becoming more business-oriented each day with more examination of the bottom l... NICHOLAS SPARKS Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished w... NICHOLAS SPARKS What are we, after all, without our memories … without our dreams? NICHOLAS SPARKS Our story has three parts: a beginning, a middle, and an end. And although this is the way all stori... NICHOLAS SPARKS