Black Quote by Harlan Coben

Sometimes even when the book is over I don't know who's good and who's bad. It's really more interesting, I think, to write about…

— Harlan Coben

I didn't want to write a 'black' book because black characters are a tough sell.

— Christopher Priest

I think there's grays in characters if you look at all the great characters, those characters that have those layers of being good and…

— Jamie Foxx

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

In a culture defined by shades of gray, I think the absolute black and white choices in dark young adult novels are incredibly satisfying…

— Maggie Stiefvater

I've always preferred writing about grey characters and human characters. Whether they are giants or elves or dwarves, or whatever they are, they're still…

— George R. R. Martin

I really don't like books when characters are just bad or just good.

— Ellen Ullman

“We never end up with the book we began writing. Characters twist it and turn it until they get the life that is perfect…

— C.K. Webb

The characters that have greys are the more interesting characters. The hero who sometimes crosses the line and the villain who sometimes doesn't are…

— Geoff Johns

The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has…

— Candace Camp

I think I write what's interesting to me, and so if I'm reading I like to have a very thorough idea of a character…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that.

— Michael Morpurgo