That is the dream of all novelists-that one of their characters will become 'somebody.' — Jose Saramago Copy Share Image
“(Novelists, when their characters drive cars, never feel compelled to describe precisely what the physical actions are of hands, feet, eyes, knees, elbows. Yet many of these same novelists, when their characters copulate, get into such detailed physical description you’d… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image