Character Quote by Gabriel Mann

There has always been this narrator in me - I loved ideas, and part of the great love affair I would have with ideas…

— Jason Silva

He managed to do this 'tour de force' of styles without ever breaking the narrative structure of the chapter he was writing. It is…

— Frederick Lenz

Man, that's the only kind of book I like – one that's so real you want to find out everything there is to know…

— Adam Rapp

All of the disparate books on my list contain characters, scenes or voices that linger long past the last page of their stories.

— Maureen Corrigan

I start every first draft with voice rather than theme or image or even character as such, so it isn't like I'm ever rubbing…

— Roy Kesey

Everything you could want - action, suspense, character and setting, all floating on the easy lyricism of a fine writer at the top of…

— Lee Child

When I first began writing In the Country of Men all I had was the voice of the protagonist. He intrigued me and my…

— Hisham Matar

I genuinely was just such a fan of the books. When I heard that this was on the cards, I've got to do this;…

— Daniel Craig

I thought I might get a part as a farmer. I knew about the books but I hadn't read them. A few weeks later,…

— Christopher Timothy

I get sent a lot of scripts which feature him as a kind of all-purpose Victorian literary character and really understand little, if anything,…

— Simon Callow

One of the things that gives me a lot of pleasure about both the solo show and the book is that it tells people…

— John Lithgow

I've covered so much Tom Waits. He's one of my favorite writers. I have a real affinity to how he writes.

— Bob Seger