Apparitions Quote by Isabel Allende

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

— Louis Sachar

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

At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why hopefully readers…

— Ally Carter

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

Writing, even though it's hard work, is really a joy when you get these characters to come alive. It's hard to trace where they…

— Robert Cormier

“A great number of elements in the characters’ lives, both psychic and factual, are not communicated to us. […] These characters, I believe, enjoy…

— Pierre Bayard

“I am a reader. A reader isn’t someone who just likes to read, but someone who feels such a strong attachment to a book…

— Anonymous

A great literary work can be completely, completely unpredictable. Which can sometimes make them very hard to read, but it gives them a great…

— Yann Martel

When writers are self-conscious about themselves as writers they often keep a great distance from their characters, sounding as if they were writing encyclopedia…

— Jerome Stern

I'm always writing from some difficult place and seeing how the character survives... or doesn't.

— Adam Silvera

A reader doesn't really see the characters in a story; he feels them.

— Cornelia Funke

All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have…

— Meg Cabot