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Laurell K. Hamilton

I feel that if you are blessed, or lucky enough, to be doing well, you should help others.

— Laurell K. Hamilton you

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does.

— Laurell K. Hamilton sin

What happens in Vegas may stay in Vegas, but what happens in New Orleans, goes home with you.

— Laurell K. Hamilton home

Everyone spends their lives trying to balance their world between good and evil.

— Laurell K. Hamilton world

I want a kiss to be so believable it gives the reader shivers.

— Laurell K. Hamilton kiss

It was just you had to be strong, and if you weren't strong you're a victim and you're not going to make it. That was the reality when I was growing up.

— Laurell K. Hamilton reality

Perfection is an unattainable goal. It isn't going to be perfect. Just get words down on paper, and when you stumble to what you think is the end of the book, you will have hundreds of pages of words that came out of your head. It may not be perfect, but it looks like a book.

— Laurell K. Hamilton words

One of my rules is never explain. A writer is a lot like a magician, if you explain how the trick works then a lot of the magic turns mundane.

— Laurell K. Hamilton work

I like conventions. I like meeting and greeting. I'm perched on that edge where I'm getting more attention than I quite know what to do with, though.

— Laurell K. Hamilton wit

By 17, I was submitting to publications and collecting my first rejection slips.

— Laurell K. Hamilton cat

Like most creative people I don't fit well into boxes.

— Laurell K. Hamilton people

Two things I do well in books are sex and violence, but I don't want gratuitous sex or violence. The sex and violence are only as graphic as need be. And never included unless it furthers the plot or character development.

— Laurell K. Hamilton books

If you're open to it, New Orleans will teach you about yourself, but if you want to hide from who you really are, the city will help you do that, too.

— Laurell K. Hamilton self

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

— Laurell K. Hamilton writing

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice.

— Laurell K. Hamilton love

You either mellow at 30, or your head explodes - take your choice.

— Laurell K. Hamilton choice

I think like a detective.

— Laurell K. Hamilton think

You give the reader a sense of a full meal.

— Laurell K. Hamilton read

I cannot say how strongly I object to people using other people's writing as research. Research is non-fiction, especially for horror, fantasy, science fiction. Do not take your research from other people's fiction. Just don't.

— Laurell K. Hamilton writing

I think that my vampires in general were influenced by my being allowed to watch the Hammer vampire films. Vampire Circus, also shown as Circus of Fear, was one of those movies.

— Laurell K. Hamilton vampires

Most of the monsters... are based on some sort of mythology. Every culture and even some geographical areas have monsters and mythology that is their own.

— Laurell K. Hamilton culture

Readers respond to every genre intensely, if it's a genre that appeals to them. Again, who can say why anyone enjoys horror and dark fantasy? If I can't answer the question for myself, I wouldn't dream of trying to answer it for others.

— Laurell K. Hamilton fantasy

Here's the secret to finishing that first book. Don't rewrite as you go.

— Laurell K. Hamilton book

I'm more influenced by my own interests than anyone else's. Writers have to entertain themselves, or they can't entertain anyone else.

— Laurell K. Hamilton influence

Some people just don't seem to understand the concept of fiction. It is fiction; it ain't true, folks.

— Laurell K. Hamilton people

When in doubt, ignore and be terribly unimpressed.

— Laurell K Hamilton doubt

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