Able Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Why are heroines in romantic novels—despite their cleanliness and enviable lifestyles—so unlikeable? It’s like they’ve been hit with a vanilla ninny stick, devoid of…

— Penny Reid

“Those novels with old-fashioned heroes and heroines in them -- are ruinous!”

— William Dean Howells

“and if a rainy morning deprived them of other enjoyments, they were still resolute in meeting in defiance of wet and dirt, and shut…

— Jane Austen

I hate those endless descriptions of a heroine's physical attributes . . . it really bothers me how in books it seems like the…

— E. Lockhart

Poets and writers who are in love with the superlative all want to do more than they can.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

The luxury of time to write, and the confidence to do so, make it easier for the more affluent and when the most decorated…

— Dawn Foster

At the heart of every successful romance novel lies the evolution of its characters. Through love, heroes and heroines grow not only into a…

— Sarah MacLean

“Good characters in fiction are the very devil. Not only because most authors have too little material to make them of, but because we…

— C.S. Lewis

I suppose as long as novels last, and authors aim at interesting their public, there must always be in the story a virtuous and…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

“Really good literature is seldom appreciated in its own day. The best authors die poor, the bad ones make money - it's always been…

— Walter Moers

Whether early or late, the Parker novels are all superlative literary entertainments.

— Terry Teachout

“A writer's style should be direct and personal, his imagery rich and earthy, and his words simple and vigorous. The greatest writers have the…

— Ernest Hemingway