Character Quote by Emma Donoghue

What's important is how the character drives the narrative.

— Tridha Choudhury

That's the fine balance of a fiction writer...to be able to give your characters enough freedom to surprise you and yet still maintain some…

— Alan Lightman

That's what fiction is about, isn't it, the selective transforming of reality? The twisting of it to bring out its essence?

— Yann Martel

“all writers, given adequate technique—technique that communicates—can stir our interest in their special subject matter, since at heart all fiction treats, directly or indirectly,…

— John Gardner

It's rather useless to write a gripping narrative with nothing in it but climate change because novels are always about people even if they…

— Margaret Atwood

“The principle that characters do not want to change applies to more than just fiction.”

— Donald Miller

In a graphic novel, you have to allow for a certain amount of freedom on the reader's part to experience it how they choose.

— Travis Beacham

There's something to be said for a likable character, but fiction has a way of upending our ordinary standards.

— Ben Dolnick

Life is cold. People stay warm through the intimacy of a story.

— James Altucher

“Of course, the writer can impose control; It's just a really shitty idea. Writing controlled fiction is called "plotting." Buckling your seatbelt and letting…

— Stephen King

There's a problem with narratives. Most that spring to mind are fictional.

— Howard Jacobson

“Fiction that fails to engage an audience with the emotional intricacies of viable characters will, for many in that audience, simply alienate them with…

— Hal Duncan