The language fictional characters use is chosen for effect, at least if the author is concentrating. — John M. Ford Copy Share Image
“Leave me alone to mourn the deaths of fictional characters I have become overly attached to.” — Your Ecards Copy Share Image
If we show fictional characters doing cool stuff, then girls will want to be it in real life. — Geena Davis Copy Share Image
I quote fictional characters, because I'm a fictional character myself! — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“What does it say about me that I'm jealous of the lives of fictional characters?” — Alyssa Goodnight Copy Share Image
“He studied the people of Moscow at the theaters, in the clubs, in the streets, looking for the types he needed. A… — Leo Tolstoy 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
It is always sad to write about prejudice, but sometimes when we see it being played out in the lives of fictional… — Katherine Paterson 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
I'm trying to listen to my past, listen to what's most deeply going on inside myself, my creative set of fictional characters,… — Frederick Buechner Copy Share Image
Well, the thing about great fictional characters from literature, and the reason that they're constantly turned into characters in movies, is that… — Keira Knightley Copy Share Image
“Laurent wanted to make sure you never came near me again. He just did not know that as time went on, the… — Inger Iversen 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
When I first heard the 'Urumi' script, I was surprised, shocked, and excited. It was a strong script with a reference to… — Nithya Menen 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'm not normally one to take advice from my fictional characters, but there comes a point in every girl's life where she… — Francesca Zappia 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
“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 love to have real people of history interact with my fictional characters. History gives me the plot. I research the period… — Virginia Henley 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
[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
It's a wonderful thing to be able to create your own world whenever you want to. Writing is very pleasurable, very seductive,… — Woody Allen 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
Writing fiction lets you be a little more emotional and unguarded, a little freer. Writing fictional characters is also really different from… — Elif Batuman Copy Share Image
“Plenty of people were writing novels; in fact, if one did a survey in the street, half of Edinburgh was writing a… — Alexander McCall Smith 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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“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
“Our relationship with literary characters, at least to those that exercise a certain attraction over us, rests in fact on a denial.… — Pierre Bayard Copy Share Image
“Old bookworms never die, they just go to be with their favorite fictional characters.” — Random Copy Share Image
“Fictional characters soon take on a life of their own. They run with the bit between their teeth.” — Jay Parini Copy Share Image
In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself. — Mika Copy Share Image
Talking out loud to fictional characters is just the tip of the iceberg. — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
You can have a very intense relationship with fictional characters because they are in your own head. — Anonymous Copy Share Image