“Your Writing Teacher @WritingChief If u don't get ur protagonist dirty, ur readers will get bored. Readers are wild, cliff-jumping, mud-wrestling savages.… — Writing Chief Copy Share Image
'Black Swan' does what Hollywood movies have always done - it spends its energies on getting some surface things right while getting… — Robert Gottlieb Copy Share Image
The way I wanted to write it, is with a hero, or sort of a pure character who was the protagonist. And… — John Wozniak Copy Share Image
I gravitated to Judy Blume early on. 'Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing' was my favorite, with a realistic and relatable protagonist… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
We "chicks" have munched our popcorn while romantic comedies became just comedies, and then each female protagonist got recast for Mathew McConaughey… — Emma McLaughlin Copy Share Image
I would put Harry Kane in with Batistuta. All that is happening to him, he deserves. He is the protagonist of his… — Mauricio Pochettino Copy Share Image
'Five, Six, Seven, Nate!' opens on my 13-year-old protagonist packing up a duffel bag and bidding his Midwestern town goodbye, heading off… — Tim Federle Copy Share Image
I think that ultimately any effective drama or tragedy tries to put you as much as it can into the protagonist's shoes. — Nicholas Jarecki Copy Share Image
Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
Philip Roth has made a cottage industry of unlikable characters, but compared with Mickey Sabbath, the furious and profane protagonist of 'Sabbath's… — Ben Dolnick Copy Share Image
My intent is not to inflame Muslims but to entertain readers of great thrillers. At the end of the day, I want… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
I don't believe in distinguishing between single-heroine films or those that have more than one female protagonist. — Pooja Batra Copy Share Image
The orphan in children's literature allows the child protagonist to move the story forward themselves. I think that, however happy a family,… — Brian Selznick Copy Share Image
“From there, a more difficult period began. Even the villains, the world's worst people, the one percent, what have you, imagine themselves… — Alex Kudera Copy Share Image
I'm fine with playing the protagonist's mother, mother-in-law or friend - as long as my role is well-written. — Kirron Kher Copy Share Image
With my earlier books, I got quite bored being with one protagonist all the way through. With the Alex Morrow books, I… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
We must always give preference to the collective. We have to play as Brazil. Nobody is a lone protagonist. — Gabriel Jesus Copy Share Image
Just as Josef K, the protagonist of Kafka's 'The Trial,' awoke one day to discover that he had become part of some… — Evgeny Morozov Copy Share Image
“Remember, when we're lost in a story, we're not passively reading about something that's happening to someone else.” — Lisa Cron Copy Share Image
I started writing 'Leaves Of Grass' when my professional life was falling apart somewhat. I just had a movie implode in pre-production.… — Tim Blake Nelson Copy Share Image
