Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours? — Jacqueline Carey Copy Share Image
“She spun the car through a right turn that would have killed us all had we been minor characters.” — Daniel Handler Copy Share Image
There is more story in a minor character like Boba Fett than there is in all the clutter of various vampires in… — George Takei Copy Share Image
Sometimes minor characters are based on people I know, on friends of mine. But I'm not writing a thinly veiled version of… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
I talk about Breaking Bad being the most brilliant show ever, and even minor characters have subtle nuances and are fully drawn. — Zach Anner Copy Share Image
If I've got one thing that I really believe about fiction and life, it's that there are no minor characters. — Jane Gardam Copy Share Image
Most men have no purpose but to exist, Abraham; to pass quietly through history as minor characters upon a stage they cannot… — Seth Grahame-Smith Copy Share Image
In real life, people are integrated into society. That's what happens in my books as well. Minor characters don't just walk in… — Stieg Larsson Copy Share Image
To be honest, I don't think of any of my characters as minor characters - they're all the main characters in a… — Robin Hobb Copy Share Image
Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you… — Nick Hornby Copy Share Image
I've long been interested in the role of 'minor characters' in major events. This has been the focus of a lot of… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
“I keep telling you, you don't pay enough attention to the minor characters. A novel should be like a street full of… — Irène Némirovsky Copy Share Image
Death and resurrection are what the story is about and had we but eyes to see it, this has been hinted on… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm fortunate in that I'm what you call a utility player, in that I can take a scene, if there's five or… — Bob Bergen Copy Share Image
Look at the Coen brothers. All their minor characters are as interesting as their protagonists. If the smaller characters are well-written, the… — Brendan Gleeson Copy Share Image
“Main characters never die in books. If they did, the story would be ruined, or over.” “Everybody is a main character to… — Amy Harmon Copy Share Image
I'd always assumed I was the central character in my own story, but now it occured to me I might in fact… — Russell Hoban Copy Share Image
Respect your characters, even the minor ones. In art, as in life, everyone is the hero of their own particular story; it… — Sarah Waters Copy Share Image
I have minor characters who are Asian-American, and I've been using them throughout my career, but they've never taken center stage, they've… — Tess Gerritsen Copy Share Image
“We do not know the play. We do not even know whether we are in Act I or Act V. We do… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image
There's no shortage of orphans in 19th-century literature, but it's hard to find a single happy, communicative, functional parental relationship in the… — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of the 19th century novel, of the novel that is plotted, character-driven, and where the passage of… — John Irving Copy Share Image
The person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's infused in every… — Victor LaValle Copy Share Image
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