“How many of us count fictional characters, or those we've never met, among our closest friends? My hand's up.” — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
“Old bookworms never die, they just go to be with their favorite fictional characters.” — Random Copy Share Image
“What does it say about me that I'm jealous of the lives of fictional characters?” — Alyssa Goodnight Copy Share Image
The genealogy of fictional characters can become an obsession, like train-spotting, and should be firmly resisted. — Tariq Ali Copy Share Image
The world is a stage we walk upon. We are all in a way fictional characters who write ourselves with our beliefs. — Louis Theroux Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, authors' descriptions of unique fictional characters are like mirrors that reflect the readers image back.” — Ben Abix Copy Share Image
Writers are magpies, and we collect details about people and we use them for fictional characters. — Caroline Leavitt Copy Share Image
I'd extend an invitation to Lisbeth Salander. She would definitely shake the party up and get it started. I think she is… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
We referenced fictional characters as if they were people to learn from. As if real-life people were too nebulous, too private and… — Miguel Syjuco Copy Share Image
[I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters.]Roland Deschain from Stephen King's Dark Tower series. There's a whole… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
While I've been well-known for trying to keep my fictional characters individual in their looks, it's an even greater challenge not only… — George Perez Copy Share Image
Whoa, I've really got to stop making plans with fictional characters. It can't be healthy to develop relationships with people who don't… — Chris Colfer Copy Share Image
There are bands who write of emotions that are very heartbreaking, touching, or relatable, but they'll be like concept records, they're about… — Julien Baker Copy Share Image
If you will practice being fictional for a while, you will understand that fictional characters are sometimes more real than people with… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
A lot of our songs are based in reality but imagined or using fictional characters as a way to write about something.… — Dan Smith Copy Share Image
I can't help but think that it's an unfortunate custom to name children after people who come to sticky ends. Even if… — Kate Atkinson Copy Share Image
“The novel, of course, is an unequaled medium for the exploration of human social and emotional life. And there is evidence that… — Terry Marselle Copy Share Image
When you're training as an actor, a lot of the big work you're learning is to treat fictional characters like real people.… — Toby Jones Copy Share Image
“Oh god, Anabeth,” Ellie muttered. “Your whole life is based around sex.” “So?” she shot back. “It’s better than having sex with… — Madeline Sheehan Copy Share Image
I am more than happy to invite my five favorite fictional characters. Let's see. First on my list is Sam Gamgee from… — Megan Chance Copy Share Image
I laughed. It was just like Owen to make excuses for someone else’s shortcomings. Even fictional characters. Owen found my tendency to… — Rachel Vincent Copy Share Image
I was feeling like I'd been born in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong people. I don't believe… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
“They were...no ordinary group, gathering together to kill an evening, to seek refuge from critical husbands and demanding children while idly discussing… — Gloria Goldreich Copy Share Image
“I'd said to them that when we read fiction, we pour our own paricular store of emotions - say, the sense of… — Chandler Burr Copy Share Image
“This was during a period in my reading life when I was given to understand that "relating" to the fictional characters or… — Carol Shields Copy Share Image
“As my own neurosis became more subdued I found myself unconsciously drawn to female characters who exhibited signs of behaviors I had… — Kier-La Janisse Copy Share Image
“The thing creators have to remember is that to a very real extent they are fictional characters to their fans—and that what fans want… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
“And yet, for a writer of fiction, part of the heart remains that of a stranger, for what we are trying to… — Margaret Laurence Copy Share Image
“Amanda herself couldn't understand why her writing was so different from her own personality. Her pen seemed to take on a life… — Lisa Kleypas Copy Share Image
“Perspective - Use It or Lose It. If you turned to this page, you're forgetting that what is going on around you… — Richard Bach Copy Share Image
“Fictional Characters" Do they ever want to escape? Climb out of the white pages and enter our world? Holden Caulfield slipping in… — Danusha Laméris Copy Share Image
“If a writer doesn't believe his fictional characters are actually real, how can he expect the readers to?” — Jim Power Copy Share Image
“Nerd Girl Problem # 235 That unexplainable crush you have on fictional characters.” — Ella Frank Copy Share Image
Talking out loud to fictional characters is just the tip of the iceberg. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I get advice from the fictional characters in my dreams. Sometimes It’s good, and sometimes it’s nonsensical.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Fictional characters exist in only two places, neither of which is on the printed page. They exist, first, in the mind of… — Maren Elwood Copy Share Image
I mean, I can do that all day long. I can tell you the Vulcan's are not actually devoid of emotion. That… — Brad Warner Copy Share Image
Fictional characters are made of words, not flesh; they do not have free will, they do not exercise volition. They are easily… — John Banville Copy Share Image
Humanity has this need to hear stories because they connect us with other people, they teach us about our own feelings. We… — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image