Books Quote by Adam Haslett

That's been my main interest for the last 15 years, is to really make sure the story and the characters take precedence over everything…

— Daniel Clowes

I'm hopefully making the reader feel a lot about the characters and then about their own life.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I love novels where not much 'happens' but where the interest is in the ideas and analyses of characters.

— Alain de Botton

The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has…

— Candace Camp

I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image.

— Michael Chabon

For me, it's important that I experience and feel what the characters are feeling. So I put myself in those moments, in their thoughts,…

— Chevy Stevens

I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately.

— Helen Dunmore

I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character's point of view is, with each person, and try to figure out…

— Katie Cassidy

To a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character.

— Michael Emerson

I look for characters that interest me, and a story that keeps me involved and makes me want to know what happens next.

— Curtis Hanson

Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either.

— Meg Cabot

The experience of reading is very interesting because you put yourself in the character's shoes and everything they're discovering, you marry the experience.

— Ashley Zukerman