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Thursday, September 25, 2008

“I write modern-day Greek tragedies”

posted by on September 25 at 14:39 PM

The Vulture quotes Nicholas Sparks at the premiere of the film version of his book Nights in Rodanthe. Sayeth the author of The Notebook:

“I write a dramatic epic love story, I write modern-day Greek tragedies, and there’s a big difference between that and romance. You have romance novels, and then you have what I do, more along the lines of love stories like Eric Segal’s Love Story or The Bridges of Madison County, and those are both male writers. But you can even go all the way back. You had Hemingway write A Farewell to Arms, the movies of the forties — Casablanca, From Here to Eternity — Shakespeare, and that’s the genre I work in,”

Sounds like a certain somebody thinks the size of his paycheck is commensurate with the size of his writing talent. It also sounds a bit like he thinks the two major reasons he’s not a romance writer is (a) because his characters die and also (b) he has a penis.

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1

Richard Gere disagrees.

Posted by Bellevue Ave | September 25, 2008 2:51 PM
2

I'm glad Daniel Steele probably makes more money than this guy.

Posted by Dougsf | September 25, 2008 2:54 PM
3

Dude is a hack. And The Notebook was one of the worst and most lame movies I have ever seen. I wanted to like it, I wanted to cry and eat chocolate and be all like "oh love...you are such a tragic and cruel mistress!"

But all I could think was "boring. boring. boring. bad accents. DUMB STORY. boring."

Posted by Original Monique | September 25, 2008 2:55 PM
4

Author/book guy penis envy
*points. laughs.*

Posted by Non | September 25, 2008 2:58 PM
5

That's funny. When I read the headline I assumed it was a quote from David Simon -- or someone else plausible.

Posted by Michael Canfield | September 25, 2008 3:19 PM
6

@3 OM, I love you.

Nicholas Sparks is a hack writer. And fuck you Hollywood because this consumer with ovaries isn't buying into your "pander to the chicks with a tear jerker" gimmick this time.

Posted by PopTart | September 25, 2008 3:20 PM
7

Well, he certainly has a sizeable ego. Comparing yourself to Shakespeare is a surefire clue that you're a douche.

Posted by Greg | September 25, 2008 3:20 PM
8

-hack-

-hack-

excuse me; I had an unreadable, piece of shit novel stuck in my throat.

Posted by michael strangeways | September 25, 2008 3:52 PM
9

dammit, paul, i almost puked all over my keyboard! next time, please hide it after the jump.

Posted by scary tyler moore | September 25, 2008 4:03 PM

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