Books Quote by Benjamin Percy

I look for two things when I am about to launch into a book. First, there has to be a dramatic arc to the…

— David Maraniss

What's important is how the character drives the narrative.

— Tridha Choudhury

“Our job as writers is to be as curious as a child, to see things for the first time, and to never assume. We…

— Alan Watt

“Every story reads on multiple levels to convey a greater, more intricate message, and it's the reader's role to tap into that.”

— Veronika Carnaby

When I write, the story is always uppermost in my mind, and I feel that everything must be sacrificed to it. All elegant passages,…

— Paul Auster

“Human beings across every culture I know about require such stories, stories with cool winds and wood smoke. They speak to something deep within…

— Peter Straub

Every paragraph should accomplish two goals: advance the story, and develop your characters as complex human beings.

— Nancy Kress

“When you start writing, you may think you will use the book to guide readers down certain paths and through certain themes. But, the…

— M.D. Cliatt

“The importance of a story doesn't merely lie in the development of its plot and the characters involved in it, but in its exploration…

— Gulzar

“Good storytelling lets the audience relive events in the present so they can understand the forces, choices, and emotions that led the character to…

— John Truby

“the starting place for any powerful story must be the author himself. If a story doesn’t resonate first and foremost with you, why believe…

— K.M. Weiland

Believe in the reader and they can connect the dots, if you succeed breathe life into the story

— Esther Freud