Book Quote by James Howe

The reason I never want a book to end is that I start to feel like the characters are my friends. I'll miss them…

— Miley Cyrus

“I am a character in someone's book whose end has not yet been written”

— MBarreto Condado

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In…

— Rachel Kushner

Your characters are always your children. And while you are writing, you're keeping them safe. Now they're ready to go into the world and…

— Yiyun Li

When I start, I have a feeling for the characters, and maybe the shape of the story. Sometimes I might even have the last…

— Paul Auster

For the most part, there's so much of me in my characters.

— Rashida Jones

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In…

— Rachel Kushner

Y'see, I get so bored so easily. I like to start with a clean slate each time. Sure, I'll have characters drop in and…

— Carl Hiaasen

There are so many characters whizzing around inside my head, it's like Looney Tunes. But as soon as I've finished writing about them, I…

— Peter Ackroyd

“People come, people go - they'll drift in and out of your life, almost like characters in a favourite book. When you finally close…

— Nicholas Sparks

I usually have a sense of where my characters are personally and ways in which they might transform throughout the novel. But I never…

— Lisa Lutz

I just try to put myself in the minds of all the characters.

— Julia Davis