I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word.
Nora Roberts((Doc is getting ready to do a Pap-smear on Reece)) "Looks healthy," Doc commented. "Good, because it hasn't been getting any exercise in quite a while." When she heard Willow smother a laugh, Reece just closed her eyes. She had to remember some old saying about being careful of thoughts. They become words.
Nora RobertsShe could and had faced an armed laser in the hands of a mad mutant mercenary with less fear than she faced such unswerving emotion.
Nora RobertsBe yourself. Be true to that, to your heart. Patience. See what happens if you step back instead of bounding forward.
Nora Roberts