Book Quote by Hank Green

A novel is not an allegory… It is the sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with…

— Azar Nafisi

Because I'm highly empathetic, it's easy for me to put myself in the character's shoes. It's, you know, finding the truth of the moment.

— Rooney Mara

I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?'…

— Irvine Welsh

When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel.

— David Bezmozgis

I discovered you can get closer to a character's thoughts and feelings in a book than in a film.

— Morris Gleitzman

“A novel is not an allegory, I said as the period was about to come to an end. It is the sensual experience of…

— Azar Nafisi

With any character, you want the audience to at least empathize.

— Tobias Segal

I don't know where people got the idea that characters in books a supposed to be likable. Books are not in the business of…

— John Green

I suppose it's possible that a writer would have feeling for his characters, but I can't see how, because writing is such a meticulous,…

— John Banville

“A novel is not an allegory...it is a sensual experience of another world. If you don't enter that world, hold your breath with the…

— Azar Nafisi

Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own…

— Stephen Mangan

A lot of times, identifying with a character in a book or a movie makes me feel really vulnerable. Especially in books, it's like…

— Haley Pullos