Book Quote by David Brin

I like all of the books I work on to be ones you can pick up without knowing the entire history of the character,…

— Kate Leth

I love novels where not much 'happens' but where the interest is in the ideas and analyses of characters.

— Alain de Botton

I don't like to read novels where the novelist tells me what to think about the situation and the characters. I prefer to discover…

— Frederick Wiseman

As a biographer, I try to uncover the adventures and personalities behind each character I research. Once my character and I have reached an…

— Jean Fritz

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

Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

Not enough books focus on how a culture responds to radically new ideas or discovery. Especially in the biography genre, they tend to focus…

— Neil deGrasse Tyson

I don't separate my books into historical novels and the rest. To me, they're all made-up worlds, and both kinds are borne out of…

— Peter Carey

Before I begin a novel I have a strong sense of at least one central character and how the story begins, and a more…

— Steve Erickson

I feel like it's hard to get into historical novels where you know what the story is far too well.

— Matthew Tobin Anderson

Since I don't outline my books very much, I feel like sometimes I don't have a choice in what the characters do; they just…

— Anna Todd

With historicals, the research is half the fun. Contemporaries are especially easy. People are right out there in front of you; you meet them…

— Heather Graham Pozzessere