--- title: "1 Characters Good Quotes By Joy Fielding" description: "1 Characters Good quotes by Joy Fielding. Plus more from Joy Fielding and more Characters Good sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/joy-fielding-27041_characters_i-might-not-write-fiction-in-the-literar_3113758.png" --- > [I might not write fiction in the literary sense. But I write very well. My characters are good. My dialogue is good. And my stories are really involving.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/i-might-not-write-fiction-in-the-literary-sense-but-i-write-very-well/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/680/joy-fielding-27041_characters_i-might-not-write-fiction-in-the-literar_3113758.png) ## More by Joy Fielding > [“We are who we pretend to be.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/we-are-who-we-pretend-to-be/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [My books are not generic. You know when you're reading a Joy Fielding book.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/my-books-are-not-generic-you-know-when-you-re-reading-a-joy-fielding/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [“Give a hundred writers the same idea and you'll get a hundred different stories.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/give-a-hundred-writers-the-same-idea-and-you-ll-get-a-hundred/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [I'm very happy being me, although sometimes I'd love to be a bird so that I could fly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/i-m-very-happy-being-me-although-sometimes-i-d-love-to-be-a-bird-so/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [“No matter how grim things may seem, they always get better.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/no-matter-how-grim-things-may-seem-they-always-get-better/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [I've always been hopelessly stuck in the present.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/i-ve-always-been-hopelessly-stuck-in-the-present/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [The point is that we have no control. The point is that there are no guarantees, that we never know what's going to happen…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/the-point-is-that-we-have-no-control-the-point-is-that-there-are-no/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [“You're the one who can do no wrong." "I do plenty wrong." "You don't have to tell me.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/you-re-the-one-who-can-do-no-wrong-i-do-plenty-wrong-you-don-t-have/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [“Once lost, they are rarely found.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/once-lost-they-are-rarely-found/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [There aren't too many people out there who can start one of my books and not finish it. I don't think too many writers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/there-aren-t-too-many-people-out-there-who-can-start-one-of-my-books/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [Perfect happiness is knowing that everyone I love is healthy, safe, and content.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/perfect-happiness-is-knowing-that-everyone-i-love-is-healthy-safe-and/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [“There's something very satisfying about numbers. Numbers are what they are. They are very straightforward. Unlike people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/there-s-something-very-satisfying-about-numbers-numbers-are-what-they/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [I'm writing exactly the kinds of books I like to write. And they're the kinds of books I like to read. They're popular commercial…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/i-m-writing-exactly-the-kinds-of-books-i-like-to-write-and-they-re/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [October was always the least dependable of months ... full of ghosts and shadows.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/october-was-always-the-least-dependable-of-months-full-of-ghosts-and/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) > [Florida was a living tomb, she used to tell anyone who'd listen, an old-age home in the shape of a state, God's little waiting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joy-fielding/florida-was-a-living-tomb-she-used-to-tell-anyone-who-d-listen-an-old/) [Joy Fielding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joy-fielding/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters-good/joy-fielding/#itemlist", "name": "1 Characters Good Quotes By Joy Fielding", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I might not write fiction in the literary sense. 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