Everyone likes a bit of variety. I'm sure none of my readers only want to read about anti-heroes or villainous protagonists any… — Mark Lawrence Copy Share Image
Cliché openings in fantasy can include an opening scene set in a battle (and my peeve is that I don’t know any… — Kristin Nelson Copy Share Image
PRIMAL TEARS is a novel of tremendous power. Passionate and erotic, at times tenderly lyrical, it confronts head-on, without flinching, brutal environmental… — Kate Wilhelm Copy Share Image
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
Also, getting the chance to play a supporting part meant that I didn't have to do as much as the protagonist, such… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
I think as women we've always been very used to growing up reading and identifying with male protagonists, especially in fantasy. There's… — Cassandra Clare 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
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
Every novel deals with social problems. It can't help it because the protagonist must come in conflict with his group. So the… — Jane Smiley 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
It's pretty easy to think of the idea of a story, and maybe even to write a scene or two, but understanding… — Dennis Green Copy Share Image
Creativity is basically a feminine process. I'm convinced that we have in our soul, everybody, this masculine side and this feminine side.… — Paulo Coelho 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
Mr. Rogers would not make a good protagonist of a narrative film. He's without conflict, he's too far along on his journey… — Marielle Heller Copy Share Image
Free will is something that people struggle with so much, but it's very simple to me. Carl Jung said at the same… — Wayne Dyer 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
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
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
![“Also, getting the chance to play a supporting part meant that I didn't have to do as much as the protagonist, such as running around telling the story. [As the protagonist] you push the story whereas, paradoxically, as a character part, you have a chance to explore some of the nuance and some of…” quote by Ben Affleck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/194/ben-affleck-2043_aspect_also-getting-the-chance-to-play-a-suppor_3231110.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/i/197/ian-fleming-1862_bond_when-i-wrote-the-first-bond-novel-in-195_326281.jpg)
