"I’ve always loved fairytales, and that’s what [romance novels] are—they’re fairytales for grownups.." - Kristen Proby

"Any business that you run from home, there’s always going to be something else that you can be doing. So you really have to establish those boundaries so that you don’t go crazy.."

"You begin to embrace the tough times because they made you who you are, and they made you the writer that you are. It’s hard sometimes to be grateful for the hard times. But they definitely came in handy, I guess."

"I don’t have to be the best. I know I’m not, I know I have tons to learn, but I also know that I have talents and abilities, and I’m capable. And if I just put myself out there … there’s nothing to lose and everything to gain. That’s kind of been what I’ve done in my life - put myself out there and hope for the best - and so far, it’s been a good bargain. It’s been a good risk.."

"I always have to find that one thing, that special spark, that makes me fall in love with the characters. I suppose sometimes it’s hard to find that, and you have to just keep searching."

"I think someone who loves books and loves reading loves really almost any story, as long as it's told in an interesting fashion."

"I need a good block of time. I can’t sit down with only an hour. It takes me an hour or two just to get into the swing. And then I will write–I will write, write, write, rewrite, over and over. And then I’ll read my words. I have to read my words to kind of find my pace and find where I am every morning before I start writing again."

"I've always been a writer. I've always been—in my heart and soul—it's always been the essence of who I am. But the actual act of becoming an author ... it was just a whim, really. I just took a chance on it..."

"I write my best books when I’m sad about something—and it doesn’t have to be about something in my life, it can be for someone else—but when that pot gets stirred with all those negative emotions, the words kind of boil over."

"I write my best books when I’m sad about something—and it doesn’t have to be about something in my life, it can be for someone else—but when that pot gets stirred with all those negative emotions, the words kind of boil over."