Action Quote by Elizabeth Bowen

Dialogue in fiction is what characters do to one another.

— Elizabeth Bowen

“Dialogue in a romance novel serves a larger purpose than simply to provide exposition and demonstrate character. What is said between the hero and…

— Linda Barlow and Jayne Ann Krentz

Anything you put in a play -- any speech -- has got to do one of two things: either define character or push the…

— Edward Albee

Dialogue is character and character is plot.

— George V

When it comes to thinking about how a character talks, there are literary and language considerations. For actors to be able to differentiate between…

— Mike Leigh

Dialogue is the most fun to write. It's kind of like a tennis match.

— Sally Rooney

What must novel dialogue . . . really be and do? It must be pointed, intentional, relevant. It must crystallize situation. It must express…

— Elizabeth Bowen

Dialogue is the ideal means of showing what is between the characters. It crystallizes relationships. It should, ideally, be so effective as to make…

— Elizabeth Bowen

In what we think of as bad dialogue, the characters talk directly to each other.

— Diane Johnson

Dialogue is the place that books are most alive and forge the most direct connection with readers. It is also where we as writers…

— Laini Taylor

A lot of times in my short fiction there isn't much dramatized scene - there are a lot of short, interconnected bits, snippets of…

— Dan Chaon

It must always be considered as though spoken by a character in a novel

— Roland Barthes