No, actually ‘The Host’ was totally a palate-cleanser for me. I wanted to do something a little bit different than romantic love. Romantic love is in there, obviously, because I enjoy writing about that and living it a lot. Stephenie Meyer Read Quote
Sometimes ideas feel like they were already there, and that you’re just discovering them. Stephenie Meyer Read Quote
That actually is one of my huge challenges right now because I write best at night, no question. I can focus. You know you’re not getting any phone calls, I can shut everything down, and I’m just more creative at night. Stephenie Meyer Read Quote
I feel like reading really defined me as a writer because I lived my life outside of my own body for so much of my life and I loved it. I’ve always been a reader. I think living all those stories served me to naturally take that next step to creating. Stephenie Meyer Read Quote
It’s easier to come up with new stories than it is to finish the ones you already have. I think every author would feel that way. Stephenie Meyer Read Quote
When I was 8, I was reading ‘Gone with the Wind’ and ‘Pride and Prejudice’ and all that, not knowing it wasn’t my reading level. Stephenie Meyer Read Quote
There was a different ending to ‘New Moon’ originally. It was a much quieter book. It was very much all in Bella’s head. Stephenie Meyer Read Quote
As far as expense, I think if ‘Twilight’ does well enough, then we should be able to do the big expensive stuff for the sequels. I mean, we have to have werewolves, there’s no way around it. They have to be there. Stephenie Meyer Read Quote
When I first started with ‘Twilight,’ I didn’t have any experience. I didn’t know what I was doing. So I was pretty intimidated by the editors and the publishers, and I felt like I was a kid in school with the principal telling me what to do! It was hard for me. Stephenie Meyer Read Quote
The first sequel thing I wrote was this ‘Forever Dawn’ thing that will never get out, because it’s horrid. But it’s a really good outline for ‘Breaking Dawn’ – it’s very similar. I knew what I was doing, which is good, because I think if I hadn’t, there might have been a lot of pressure. Stephenie Meyer Read Quote
