Adventure Quote by James Grady

For me alone Don Quixote was born and I for him. His was the power of action, mine of writing.

— Anonymous

As far as I am concerned, Don Quixote is the most metal fictional character that I know. Single handed, he is trying to change…

— Christopher Lee

I've always been inspired by Don Quixote as a role model of sorts, of the power of books to sort of make you insane…

— Jonathan Ames

“Readers of fantasy fiction actually imagine having the abilities of the villains more often then the protagonist. Bravo writers!”

— C. Toni Graham

My two great heroes are W. B. Yeats and Federico García Lorca.

— Leonard Cohen

Reading made Don Quixote a gentleman, but believing what he read made him mad.

— George Bernard Shaw

In researching 'The Luminaries,' I did read quite a lot of 20th-century crime. My favourites out of that were James M. Cain, Dassiell Hammett,…

— Eleanor Catton

There have always been readers throughout history who have been drawn to villains.

— Cassandra Clare

I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them.

— Laura Dern

The villain of any story is often the most compelling character.

— John Hodgman

I particular enjoy the crime writer, Walter Ellis Mosley. He does a series of Chandler-esque detective stories.

— Lennie James

It seems to me that most good protagonists are both clever and resourceful. They are intelligent and can fix things, both little and big.…

— Keren Woodward