Bad Quote by Ellen Ullman Download Open image “I really don't like books when characters are just bad or just good.” — Ellen Ullman ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (7 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bad Books Good Like Really
I don't like characters who are either good or bad. I just don't experience that in life, so my writing hasn't evolved that way. — Marti Noxon Copy Share Image
There's no such thing as a good book or a bad book. There's a book that matters to a reader. — Maggie Stiefvater Copy Share Image
“All books are good,’ he said. ‘That’s not true,’ I said. ‘I’ve read some really bad books.’ I was thinking specifically of Anne of Green Gables, which we’d been forced to read the term before and which was the most stupid, annoying book I’d ever encountered. ‘They weren’t bad books,’ Phin countered patiently. ‘They were books that you didn’t enjoy.… — Lisa Jewell Copy Share
The best books come from someplace deep inside… Become emotionally involved. If you don't care about your characters, your readers won't either. — Judy Blume Copy Share Image
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." But that's not the point. You don't have to like a character to like a book. Most of the time, people would misjudge and say, "I didn't like the book." No, you didn't like the character.… — Tama Janowitz Copy Share
Attacking bad books is not only a waste of time but also bad for the character. If I find a book really bad, the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The only thing that makes me put down a book is if the characters are boring, or the situations aren't fraught with the potential… — Michael Boatman Copy Share Image
I think technical people now should learn literature, because literature teaches you a great deal about how - the depths and variety of human… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
The web is just another stunning point in the two-hundred-thousand-year history of human beings on earth. The taming of fire; the discovery of penicillin;… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
When I am writing, and occasionally achieve single focus and presence, I finally feel that is where I'm supposed to be. Everything else is… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
I don't know where anyone ever got the idea that technology, in and of itself, was a savior. Like all human-created 'progress,' computers are… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
“I believed my motivations were clear: to help the patient see the pattern that had been imposed upon her, this endless repetition of being… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
It had to happen to me sometime: sooner or later, I would have to lose sight of the cutting edge. That moment every technical… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
Software and digital devices are imbued with the values of their creators. — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
I've always written. I'm from an older generation of programmers [who] did not come out of engineering. [A]ll sorts of people were drawn in… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
Through the miracle of natural genetic recombination, each child, with the sole exception of an identical twin, is conceived as a unique being. Even… — Ellen Ullman Copy Share Image
If I am going to be phased out by whatever powers, then I want people to know that it is not because I am… — Parvathy Copy Share Image
Sometimes I'm in a bad mood, sometimes I'm in a good mood. It's like everyone else. — Tricky Copy Share Image
The Derby experience had not been good for me and the way it finished left a very bad taste in my mouth so I… — Nigel Pearson Copy Share Image
What people tend to forget is the journey that I had getting to Formula One. There were plenty of years where I had to… — Lewis Hamilton Copy Share Image
Television, radio, social media. The 24/7 news cycle plows forward mercilessly on our desks, in our cars and in our pockets. Thousands and thousands… — Joseph Prince Copy Share Image
I listen to heavy metal thanks to my son. When I argue with him on the kind of music he is listening to, he… — Zeenat Aman Copy Share Image
“If any woman opens her legs for you, don't feel so lucky to be fed with nonsense, she has been a bitch for a… — Michael Bassey Johnson Copy Share Image
One thing I always tell players is that there are three bad things: Nothing good happens after midnight, nothing good happens when you're around… — Nick Saban Copy Share Image
Everybody has bad days, but how you respond to it is a testament to whether you are a winner or a loser. — Aaron Gordon Copy Share Image
Obviously I'm very grateful 'Bad Guy' is doing so well - it's shocking and surprising and gratifying - but I do think it's important… — Finneas Copy Share Image
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