Sandra Brown famous quotes

04-17-2025

Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.
-- Sandra Brown

#Hard Work #Be Prepared #Prepared
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. Often it begins with a character. And often, I have NO idea what sparked the idea. It's just there.
-- Sandra Brown

#Book #Character #Ideas
It takes far less courage to cling to the past than it does to face the future".
-- Sandra Brown

#Past #Faces #Doe
Should men and women be equal in all things? Absolutely. But I'm old-fashioned in that I like the differences between the sexes. My male characters are neither Neanderthals nor Prince Charmings. They're flawed.
-- Sandra Brown

#Sex #Character #Men
Even knowing the ending was sad, I wouldn't have deprived myself the beauty of the story.
-- Sandra Brown

#Life #Knowing #Stories
Don't ever be afraid to live. Because though dying is easy when compared to living
-- Sandra Brown

#Dying #Easy
What do you want? What are you willing to give up to get it? Writing requires you make sacrifices. Be prepared to work hard to be a writer.
-- Sandra Brown

#Giving Up #Hard Work #Writing
People don't care how smart woman is as long as she's charming and gay and pretty.
-- Sandra Brown

#Smart #Gay #Long
She shook her head slowly. â€œI donâ€™t believe you. You canâ€™t be a cop.â€ â€œNot a cop.â€ â€œFederal agent?â€ â€œFBI.â€ â€œEven more unlikely.â€ â€œJ. Edgar rolls over in his grave every day, but thatâ€™s the way it is.
-- Sandra Brown

#Believe #Agents #Way
And then he pressed into her. First his thighs, then his middle, his chest, and finally his mouth. She made a whimpering sound, but its definition was unclear even to her, until she realized that her arms had gone around him instinctually, and that she was clutching his back, his shoulders, her hands restless and greedy for the feel of him. He kissed her openmouthed, using his tongue, and when she kissed back, she felt the hum that vibrated deep inside his chest. It was the kind of hungry sound she hadnâ€™t heard in a long time. Masculine and carnal, it thrilled and aroused her.
-- Sandra Brown

#Hands #Long #Sound
Moving between her thighs, he stretched out above her, then thrust into her. Once. Because, as he did everything, he acted without hesitation or apology to claim her entirely. Her eyes went wide and her breath caught. Holding her gaze, he pressed himself deeper, barely easing back before pressing deep again.
-- Sandra Brown

#Moving #Eye #Apology
He won't hurt me. I have a secret weapon.
-- Sandra Brown

#Hurt #Secret #Weapons
I came to write after several mini careers. I did live theatre, managed a cosmetics store and was a local television personality.
-- Sandra Brown

#Writing #Careers #Personality
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.
-- Sandra Brown

#Writing #Roles #Chance
Ah, but being in love made you mean and crazy. Love made you act like a fool even when you knew you were acting like a fool and couldn't help yourself from acting like a fool.
-- Sandra Brown

#Crazy #Mean #Being In Love
Life was precious. Life was fragile. Here one moment, gone the next. Every second should be milked for all it's worth because you never know when the bottom was going to drop out.
-- Sandra Brown

#Next #Gone #Moments
I'm sure you could have. Fending off unwanted male attention is a skill every attractive woman must acquire. But you're also a lady who was reluctant to cause a scene.. (Hammond Cross)
-- Sandra Brown

#Skills #Attention #Causes
i'm going to marry you. i thought you'd like to know in case you wanted to buy a dress or something.
-- Sandra Brown

#Dresses #Cases #Wanted
He lifted his gaze to the framed photograph of Tanya and him taken on their wedding day. God, she had been lovely. Her smile had come through her eyes straight from her heart. He had known unequivocally that she loved him. He believed to this day that she had died knowing that he loved her. How could she not know? He had dedicated his life to never letting her doubt it.
-- Sandra Brown

#Taken #Heart #Eye
Extraordinary beauty can be a curse to the one who possesses it. one pays a dear price for fame and fortune
-- Sandra Brown

#Pay #Fame #Fortune
People adjust their behavior to fit the society they live in. They integrate because they have to. But what they are on the inside doesn't change.
-- Sandra Brown

#People #Fit #Behavior
In order to win everything, a woman must know to lose.
-- Sandra Brown

#Winning #Order
You can only write by putting words on a paper one at a time.
-- Sandra Brown

#Writing #Paper
I don't panic unless I have to. Wastes energy.
-- Sandra Brown

#Attitude #Panic #Waste
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.
-- Sandra Brown

#Real #Book #Character
If you loved people, you might hurt them, dissapoint them, anger them, but you never, ever, dishonored them.
-- Sandra Brown

#Hurt #People #Might
I love being the bad guy, simply because I was always so responsible, so predictable growing up.
-- Sandra Brown

#Growing Up #Love Is #Guy

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