Books Quote by Anne Enright

It's funny, because readers think they want the characters to be blissfully happy, but it makes it kind of boring for the reader.

— L.A. Weatherly

A lot of action characters are a little bit too serious as well. They take themselves a bit too seriously, which I don't find…

— Guy Pearce

I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I…

— Jeff Abbott

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

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

— Michael Emerson

I like getting under the skin of the protagonists of every book I read, it makes the whole story so much more personal.

— Shweta Bachchan Nanda

It's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all.

— Kurt Vonnegut

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

— Jeffrey Eugenides

The reader has information about the characters that the characters themselves don't have. We all have our secret sides. Even I come to understand…

— Jaume Cabre

I'm a big believer in making sure that action is not confusing and the audience understands what the characters are up to and what…

— David Nutter

I always think that the most interesting characters are those that are trying to cover something or those that have some sense of bravado…

— Emily Blunt

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