That balance between involvement and detachment is what novelists do. It's the ideal relationship between a novelist and a character, I think,… — Pat Barker Copy Share Image
I’ve always thought a novelist only has one character and that is himself or herself. — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
“But sympathy in novels need not be simply a matter of the reader’s direct identification with a fictional character. It can also… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
