Books Quote by Alexander McCall Smith

“The writers we love often serve us through their comfort and example without their ever knowing it, and in this sense, they're as imaginary…

— Patricio Pron

I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?'…

— Irvine Welsh

“We never end up with the book we began writing. Characters twist it and turn it until they get the life that is perfect…

— C.K. Webb

Authors have odd relationships with their creations They owe their fame and fortune to their characters but feel enslaved by them.

— Anthony Horowitz

“People have an idea of what writers are: crazy; intellectual; moody; slightly more interesting than other people. Sometimes you just have to throw a…

— Alistair Cross

“Many people are partial to the notion that . . . all writers are somehow mere vessels for Truth and Beauty when they compose.…

— Paul Collins

“If a writer doesn't believe his fictional characters are actually real, how can he expect the readers to?”

— Jim Power

“Characters, for good or evil, are part of an author's family. Once we have let them out of our imaginations, they stay with us…

— Andrew Ferrell

“Novelists congratulate themselves on their creation of this kind of “character” or that kind of “character,” and readers pretend to talk knowingly about “character,”…

— Sōseki Natsume

“Writers are the most pathetic souls when it comes to expressing their own feelings. Their personalities are as complex as the characters they weave.”

— Janvier Chouteu-Chando

“I was thinking the other day about the idea that you have a reader and a writer, and they’re different and they’re flawed and…

— George Saunders

“As far as my characters doing what I want them to, I'm afraid I'm not a real writer like the rest of you because…

— Jessie Chandler