About Quote by Andy Weir

I think that with everything I've done, in the end, whoever the central character is, they would find a way to forgive, because that's…

— Tyler Perry

I think there has to be an empathic strike between the reader and the protagonist. There has to be something said or known that…

— Michael Connelly

Unless the character is suffering from tremendous self doubt or pangs of conscience, you have to get morally behind the character and their values.

— Mark Pellegrino

I find flawed characters much more interesting than perfect ones and enjoy the challenge of making readers root for them in spite of their…

— Emily Giffin

I have a total responsibility to the reader. The reader has to trust me and never feel betrayed.

— Peter Schjeldahl

Never settle for being a character in someone else's story when you are meant to be the author of your own.

— Pacifiersucker

The problem is always hard to get through for the characters in books, whether its facing another's past or accepting their mistakes. But in…

— Chloe Loizeau

A bad author can take the most moral issue and make you want to just never, ever think about that moral issue.

— Azar Nafisi

Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings…

— Edmund White

Characters have changed my mind about some very fundamental moral issues, and that's the real satisfaction in the way I write - the ultimate…

— Karen Traviss

If a character is honest with a reader, then (hopefully) that will engage the reader's empathy centers; she'll meet that openness with acceptance, and…

— Joshua Mohr

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

— Alexander McCall Smith