Protagonists Quotes

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It would have been easier to have a male protagonist, but I didn't want people to assume that Nikki Hill was me in her entirety… — Christopher Darden
My writing is a very authentic journey of discovery. I'm going out there to learn who I am. My readers, consequently, take the same journey… — Ted Dekker
People always want to identify a writer with their protagonist. — Monica Ali
The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature. — Tayari Jones
While books provided me with some escape from the mental and physical horrors of my early life, they were unreliable. Many times the protagonists suffered… — Sherrilyn Kenyon
This dazzling, unput-downable debut novel proves beyond a doubt that Dan Wells has the gift. His teenage protagonist is as chilling as he is endearing.… — F. Paul Wilson
In the history of enterprise, most of the protagonists of major new products and companies began their education — George Gilder
John Steinbeck's 'The Grapes of Wrath' also speaks urgently to today's concerns: the cratered trail of dreams for Mexican immigrants seeking a promised land in… — Richard Corliss
To me there's no difference between writing YA and adult except that in YA I make the book a little shorter and the protagonists are… — Charles de Lint
'Argo,' 'Lincoln,' and 'Zero Dark Thirty,' three films honored with Best Picture Oscar nominations, lionize their Washington-anchored protagonists as crafty, competent, and virtually incorruptible. — Ron Fournier
I'd love to write something for a male protagonist. That's sort of the next frontier for me. I think it'd be really amazing to write… — Lena Dunham
We can't help identifying with the protagonist. It's coded in our movie-going DNA. — Roger Ebert
Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel. — Leslie Fiedler
One of the bibles of my youth was 'Birds of the West Indies,' by James Bond, a well-known ornithologist, and when I was casting about… — Ian Fleming
I couldn't imagine what Fox thought they were doing, contemplating such a jagged protagonist for a prime-time drama. I only knew that I wanted the… — Hugh Laurie
Once a newspaper touches a story, the facts are lost forever, even to the protagonists. — Norman Mailer
The main question in drama, the way I was taught, is always, 'What does the protagonist want?' That's what drama is. It comes down to… — David Mamet
In most films - especially in regards to the protagonist - really from the get-go they set up some scenario that endears that character to… — Joaquin Phoenix
Tunisia's responsibility, and especially that of its political and intellectual elites, is enormous. All the protagonists of the nation's social, cultural, economic and political life… — Tariq Ramadan
The writer must be a participant in the scene... like a film director who writes his own scripts, does his own camera work, and somehow… — Hunter S. Thompson

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