Character Quote by Brad Stone

We must perpetually try to distinguish, however closely they get entwined by the subtle nature of the facts and by the secret importunity of…

— C. S. Lewis

The tension between standing apart, and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer.

— Nadine Gordimer

“A writer is bound to have varying degrees of success, and I think that that is partly an issue of how central the burden…

— John Hersey

There is a natural disposition with us to judge an author's personal character by the character of his works. We find it difficult to…

— Edwin Percy Whipple

It takes a certain kind of mind to narrate, to work through character motivation, to be unforgiving to one's writer-self when it comes down…

— Cate Marvin

It's hard to give a dramatic shape to even the most dramatic life. . . . you are forced not just into selectivity, but…

— James Toback

Many writers lay very great stress upon some definite moral purpose, at which they profess to aim their works.

— Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Utter objectivity...is not only impossible when judging literature, it’s not exactly desirable. Fiction involves trace elements of magic; it works for reasons we can…

— Michael Cunningham

We try to not write stories based on reaction. We try to write them based on character integrity as we understand it and observe…

— Peter Paige

“An author has to fit into the skin of her characters, to imagine being trapped by unfortunate and sometimes violent circumstances she herself has…

— Loretta H. Marion

That's the fine balance of a fiction writer...to be able to give your characters enough freedom to surprise you and yet still maintain some…

— Alan Lightman

“Genuineness is often sacrificed in order to showcase the author's control over the form and subject matter, the end result technically sound but emotionally…

— Jennifer S. Davis