Books Quote by Elizabeth Wein

I prefer being the protagonist.

— Satyadev Kancharana

People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.

— Daniel Clowes

People always want to identify a writer with their protagonist.

— Monica Ali

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In…

— Rachel Kushner

I've always kind of gravitated toward characters who are a bit distant from the narrator or the point-of-view characters, so that's kind of important…

— Noelle Stevenson

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

— Alexander McCall Smith

If you want to write about a person who isn't nice, people say, "This is a bad book. It's about somebody I couldn't stand."…

— Tama Janowitz

Of course I know my characters are unlikable sometimes or have prejudices. It's not as if I'm thinking they're so endearing all the time.…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I've learned a lot of things about the…

— Ann Brashares

I always find something in common with my protagonist, particularly when I write in the first person.

— Emily Giffin

Whenever we've approached a story, it's always started with the character, and the idea of some character struggling with some part of himself. That's…

— Anna Boden

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In…

— Rachel Kushner