Julia Quinn Quotes & Sayings

“Certainly not every reader has liked every one of my books, but I think that's a good thing because it means I'm not repeating myself.”

“I can't rave enough about Eloisa James. I'm simply in awe of her talent.”

“I keep waiting for the day in which everyone who loves 'Downton Abbey' will realize they were actually watching a historical romance novel.”

“The biggest challenge of my career, which is something that authors of genre fiction face all the time, is writing something fresh and new and at the same time meeting reader expectations.”

“Last time I was in London, I visited Number 5, Bruton Street, which is the address I gave to Violet Bridgerton, the matriarch of the Bridgerton clan in my novels. It was a bit disconcerting to learn that it's actually a pub.”

“I keep trying to write a bad boy and they always come out nice. I don't see the appeal of someone who is going to demean me in some way.”

“Most fiction series are written so that the reader can come in at any point and not feel lost, but if you can start at the beginning, why not?”

“To this day, 'The Duke and I' remains particularly close to my heart; I felt it was the novel in which my writing took a huge leap forward.”

“For me, the dialogue is the easiest part of writing. It just always seems so obvious what a character will say. Maybe it's because I talk too much!”

“I don't think that writing talent has much to do with where one went to school, or the number of degrees on one's business card, but I do get a bit bristly at the implication that romance authors couldn't possibly be smart enough to get into an Ivy League school.”