“Whenever I go to Germany I find that my readers have T-shirts with my book covers printed on them. They come to all the events, they have gifts and they come with their families. They are always very open to sharing their personal stories.” BookStoriesEventsReaderShirtsGermanyT ShirtPrintedPersonal StoriesBook Covers Author:Cecelia Ahern
“Decide where and when you want to write. I like space, and silence is an inspiration to me.” WantWritingInspirationSpaceSilenceSilence Is Author:Cecelia Ahern
“I want a character to wake up one day and feel like, I can face it. That, to me, is happy. I want the characters to rescue themselves, though you use the relationships you have, to make you strong enough to be able to do that.” WantFeelsI CanEnoughCharacterUseAbleFacesStrongOne DayWake UpRescueStrong Enough Author:Cecelia Ahern
“I write human stories. I write about people. Not as a product of their environment. But from the stance that everybody is made of the same thing.” PeopleWritingHumansMadeStoriesEnvironmentProductsStance Author:Cecelia Ahern
“I never grew up thinking the goal in life was to be a millionaire. All the way through college, I had a part-time job. I worked hard to get the things that you need at that age.” ThinkingWayNeedsHardAgeJobsGoalCollegeGrewGrew UpMillionaireLife GoalPart TimePart Time Jobs Author:Cecelia Ahern
“You can change yourself and you can change the situation but you absolutely cannot change other people. Only they can do that.” PeopleCan DoSituationChange Yourself Author:Joanna Trollope
“My view of an excellent novel was probably set in the golden age of fiction in the 19th century: narrative, character and voice are of equal importance.” CharacterAgeVoiceViewsFictionNovelCenturyEqualImportanceGoldenNarrativeExcellent19th CenturyGolden Age Author:Joanna Trollope
“You can't help parts of yourself leaking into other characters.” CharacterHelping Author:Joanna Trollope
“I had a solo career before Van Halen. My fan base filtered through Van Halen with me and came right on out the other side with me.” SidesCareersFansSoloVansVan Halen Author:Sammy Hagar
“I am not a fan of the cupcake image. This idea that you can distract a girl with something frivolous like a cake or shoes or handbags, and she won't be a threat to men.” MenIdeasGirlFansThreatShoesCakeFrivolousCupcakesHandbags Author:Joanna Trollope