As such, anything is always possible, even if your protagonist is a plumber. But it's the possibility, the limitless possibilities, of any… — Heidi Julavits Copy Share Image
[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings. — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Of course I consider myself a Jewish writer - I am one! All of the protagonists in my five books have been… — Lauren Weisberger Copy Share Image
Can Protagonist think of a single film that interests him as much as the three-hundredth best book he ever read? — David Markson Copy Share Image
The lead character in 'Yennai Arindhaal' is like an extension of the protagonists of 'Kaakha Kaakha' and 'Vettaiyaadu Vilaiyaadu.' — Gautham Menon Copy Share Image
Terry Farish seems to breathe the reader into the emotional spaces of war, exile, and refugee life. The Good Braider is a… — Uma Krishnaswami Copy Share Image
While books provided me with some escape from the mental and physical horrors of my early life, they were unreliable. Many times… — Sherrilyn Kenyon Copy Share Image
I had the feeling that focusing on objects and telling a story through them would make my protagonists different from those in… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
In male-driven [films], the protagonist is not the person who's necessarily in harms way. There's a sense that they're going to figure… — Todd Haynes Copy Share Image
The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good… — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Crime is a very hard genre to feminise. If you have a female protagonist she is going to be looking after her… — Denise Mina Copy Share Image
It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn't want people to assume that Nikki Hill was me… — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
Think 'Game of Thrones.' In the old days, this sort of show might be considered bad writing. It doesn't really seem to… — Douglas Rushkoff Copy Share Image
Mindi Scott has a real talent for getting inside her protagonist's head. She sketches out Coley's story in grand swathes, and then… — Amber Benson Copy Share Image
It may sound very strange, but I love the freedom that writing a novel gives me. It is an unhindered experience. If… — Ashwin Sanghi Copy Share Image
Because the writer must be a participant in the scene, while he's writing it — or at least taping it, or even… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
When one hears the argument that marriage should be indissoluble for the sake of children, one cannot help wondering whether the protagonist… — Suzanne La Follette Copy Share Image
The protagonist of folktale is always, and intensely, a young person moving through ordeals into adult life. . . . and this… — Jill Paton Walsh Copy Share Image
The label YA actually means nothing except that the protagonists, or some of them, are young. Publishers like it because it is… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Better to be the architect of something you can endorse than the placard waving protagonist standing in the rain. — Mr. Wrestling Copy Share Image
In fact, some reviewers have said that as they got into the story they forgot that the protagonist is a black woman.… — Christopher Darden Copy Share Image
The nature of the universe probably depends heavily on who is the actual protagonist. Lately I've been suspecting it's one of my… — Wil McCarthy Copy Share Image
I've always read broadly: literary fiction, sci-fi, fantasy, chick lit, historical, dystopian, nonfiction, memoir. I've even read Westerns. I prefer female protagonists. — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
“I always think that it's wrong to put images of my protagonists on the cover of my novels because readers can identify… — Orhan Pamuk Copy Share Image
I don't judge in my books. I don't have to have the antagonist get shot or the protagonist win. It's just how… — Elmore Leonard Copy Share Image
In the history of enterprise, most of the protagonists of major new products and companies began their education — George Gilder Copy Share Image
My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take… — Ted Dekker Copy Share Image
I do think that I have a more flexible view of the interactions between people, and between human and non-human protagonists, humans… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
Quite often my narrator or protagonist may be a man, but I'm not sure he's the more interesting character, or if the… — Ann Beattie Copy Share Image
In most films - especially in regards to the protagonist - really from the get-go they set up some scenario that endears… — Joaquin Phoenix Copy Share Image
Though the inspiration for my songs almost always comes from things that are happening around me, I am definitely not always the… — Thalia Zedek Copy Share Image
A lot of narrative films leave you no space for anything else but eating popcorn. I want to go in the complete… — Elia Suleiman Copy Share Image
Any claim to actual identification as a drama must rest upon the construction of a plot independent of the assignment of affliction… — David Mamet Copy Share Image
For me, a great story is one in which the protagonist faces unimaginable odds; where the stakes are high that failure constitutes… — Michael Boatman Copy Share Image
I really get fired up with female protagonists. I can really feel the difference in myself when I am writing a script… — Linda Woolverton Copy Share Image
Tunisia's responsibility, and especially that of its political and intellectual elites, is enormous. All the protagonists of the nation's social, cultural, economic… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
When I wrote the first [Bond novel] in 1953, I wanted Bond to be an extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
You know, you're not aware of it, but you're following the action of the film through the body of the protagonist, you… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
“... Wickard's novel colorfully illuminates the two sychronized protagonists, each displaying profound characteristics: Sami has trouble adjusting to her new life and… — Douglas Wickard Copy Share Image
We tend to think of orphans as being the protagonist of stories we read when we're kids, and yet here you are:… — Sandra Cisneros Copy Share Image
![“[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings.” quote by Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/607/haruki-murakami-21_accepting_but-we-accept-irony-through-a-device-cal_949915.jpg)
![“In male-driven [films], the protagonist is not the person who's necessarily in harms way. There's a sense that they're going to figure out how to persevere and take on the obstacles and foes and you don't necessarily know if that's going to happen with the subjects of love stories.” quote by Todd Haynes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/12f/todd-haynes-2626_driven_in-male-driven-films-the-protagonist-is_1855729.jpg)
![“The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues. ... [But] we accept irony through a device…” quote by Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/aa9/haruki-murakami-21_accepting_the-sense-of-tragedy-according-to-aristo_23796.jpg)
![“When I wrote the first [Bond novel] in 1953, I wanted Bond to be an extremely dull, uninteresting man to whom things happened... when I was casting around for a name for my protagonist I thought by God, [James Bond] is the dullest name I ever heard.” quote by Ian Fleming](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/197/ian-fleming-1862_casting_when-i-wrote-the-first-bond-novel-in-195_326281.jpg)
