Bad boy Quote by David Duchovny

I would much rather read a book about Ty Cobb, who was quite possibly a sociopath. It makes for more interesting copy. Some of…

— Jonathan Weeks

Confusing the author and the character seems to be a popular and rather unsophisticated reaction to books.

— Mark Lawrence

My youngest son is a writer. He wrote for 'The District' and 'CSI: NY.

— Craig T. Nelson

At the same time, it's a family story and more of an epic. I needed the third-person. I tried to give a sense that…

— Jeffrey Eugenides

In the case of my book, I don't think it's really the coming-out gay novel that everyone really needed, even though it was received…

— Edmund White

A lot of crime fiction writing is also lazy. Personality is supposed to be shown by the protagonists taste in music, or were told…

— Peter Temple

As far as characters are concerned, Alan Partridge makes me wet myself. I'm currently reading the book and have started talking like him as…

— Greg Davies

When I was writing 'House Of Suns,' there were a few writers I had in mind as role models, the main being Gene Wolfe.

— Alastair Reynolds

“In his earliest youth, he had drawn inspiration from really bad authors, as you may have seen from his style; as he grew older,…

— Gustave Flaubert

When I read it and I realized that Michael Landon, Jr. was the director of it, I thought...this could work out well. This is…

— Drew Waters

[Noah Hawley] just a fantastic writer. It's always about the script, it's always about the book; it always is. If it ain't on the…

— Lauren Shuler Donner

The adolescent protagonist is one of the hallmarks of American literature.

— Tayari Jones