The writer is both a sadist and a masochist. We create people we love, and then we torture them. The more we… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
I think boys don't always like to read books with female protagonist - I don't even know what to say about this. — Jacqueline Woodson Copy Share Image
One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I… — Ian Fleming Copy Share Image
Wolf Boy is absolutely beguiling. Evan Kuhlman has boundless empathy for all his characters, and his wonderful protagonist Stephen is, in turn,… — Valerie Sayers Copy Share Image
Just as women supplement men in private life, so they will supplement men in public life by concentrating their organized efforts on… — Edward Bernays Copy Share Image
At the heart of any successful film is a powerful story. And a story should be just that: a narrative with a… — Julia Bacha Copy Share Image
I've always wanted to play a soldier and I'd never taken on a character where I'm the happy-go-lucky protagonist. I've played a… — Jesse McCartney Copy Share Image
Since so many romantic comedies vary little in their storyline, the success or failure of such movies depends largely on whether we… — Mariella Frostrup Copy Share Image
A biography is never a biography of one person, of course, but the individual life of your protagonist will never conform. It… — Rachel Holmes Copy Share Image
What led me to that was I have never - I mean, I watch movies and I don't care who is the… — Meryl Streep Copy Share Image
I find myself writing protagonists who do feel pretty cut off from others but who want to make connections and aren't very… — Leni Zumas Copy Share Image
Most traditional ghost stories feature rather hapless protagonists, who have nasty things happen to them. — Jonathan Stroud Copy Share Image
Is it unprecedented for two goalkeepers employed in a match comprising seven goals to be the fixture's most competent protagonists? — Pete Gill Copy Share Image
Nobody is ever just a straight up protagonist or antagonist - everybody's morally ambiguous. — Cheyenne Jackson Copy Share Image
It's not my business to remedy deaths! It's my business to tell stories. Lyra and the other heroines didn't come with placards… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
With the crime novels, it's delightful to have protagonists I can revisit in book after book. It's like having a fictitious family. — John Banville Copy Share Image
The Internet is the hope of an integrated world without frontiers, a common world without controlling owners, a world of opportunities and… — Laura Chinchilla Copy Share Image
A true nature is a gloomy monolith, sort of like that old black rotary phone that I had to sing 'Happy Birthday'… — Walter Kirn Copy Share Image
As long as the protagonist wants something, the audience will want something. — David Mamet Copy Share Image
Storytelling is an act of cruelty. We are cruel to our characters because to be kind is to invite boredom, and boredom… — Chuck Wendig Copy Share Image
We may be the protagonists of tragedy, but we are also the heroes of our most beautiful and thrilling experiences. — Shin Kyung-sook Copy Share Image
The depth of any story is proportionate to the protagonist's commitment to their goal, the complexity of the problem, and the grace… — Steve House Copy Share Image
We can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA. — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
It can stand in the way of narration in cases where we want the protagonist to actually go through some kind of… — Sasa Stanisic Copy Share Image
