I'm not sure why I'm so drawn to heroes who do bad things and to villains who think they're the good guys,… — Barry Eisler Copy Share Image
I have tried to create main characters who are drastically different from the types who generally appear in crime novels. Mikael Blomkvist,… — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
Whenever I've had to tamper with history for plot purposes, I make sure to mention that in my author's note, and I… — Sharon Kay Penman Copy Share Image
You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your weird creations in some kind… — Joel Coen Copy Share Image
There are so many female roles - particularly for young women - that are just somebody's girlfriend or somebody's daughter, or that… — Hannah Murray Copy Share Image
In terms of characters I wish I had created - just because I haven't dealt with anything like them - I'm really… — Michael Koryta Copy Share Image
In New York, the street adventures are incredible. There are a thousand stories in a single block. You see the stories in… — Joni Mitchell Copy Share Image
When I started to write realistic, real fiction, the voices that were the strongest for me - the characters that I heard,… — Kenneth Bonert Copy Share Image
'True Blood' differs from 'Six Feet Under' in that there are way more characters and plot-lines, but fundamentally it's still about the… — Alan Ball Copy Share Image
I think it's a short story writer's duty, as well as writing well about emotions and characters, to write story. — Eric Brown Copy Share Image
I'm so excited to be a part of 'Falling Skies' and to see people enjoying what we've been working on for almost… — Seychelle Gabriel Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they… — Theresa Breslin Copy Share Image
In world mythology, there are countless examples of tragic characters whose greatest strength is also the source of their undoing. But the… — Simon Van Booy Copy Share Image
A key goal for an author of history is to persuade his or her readers to forget what they know and to… — Del Quentin Wilber Copy Share Image
I think we make the movies, initially, with the one movie in mind. But we do love the characters, and so we… — Dan Scanlon Copy Share Image
A winner is not someone who wins. It's someone who tries and isn't afraid to lose — Nusrat Sultana Copy Share Image
If I ever got to do television, I would be interested in doing different kinds of characters and stories, and television doesn't… — Bobcat Goldthwait Copy Share Image
“Seeing the mud around a lotus is pessimism, seeing a lotus in the mud is optimism.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
You need to be invested in what happens. The characters are your conduit to the story. Many modern horror films are fun… — Jane Goldman Copy Share Image
