Big fan Quote by Jeanette Walls

“Each of us shapes our stories so they make sense of who we think we are.”

— Claire Messud

“Writers aren't exactly people, they're a bunch of people trying to be one person.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“And the lesson here is that people are unlikeable. They have the irritating habit of believing they are as important as you are to…

— Daniel Nayeri

“Writers aren't exactly people, they are a whole bunch of people trying to be one person.”

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

“We are part of someone’s story, not just the main character in our own.”

— Zara Hairston

“Not all people are 'people', some are more and some are less. But only those who listen intently with their hearts will recognise them…

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

“Fictional people are people, too, otherwise why would we care what happens to them?”

— Nora Roberts

“stories belong to everybody.”

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

“Sometimes we're so wrapped up in our own story that we don't see how we're supporting characters in someone else's.”

— Nathan Hill, The Nix

“All people have three characters, that which they exhibit, that which they are, and that which they think they are.”

— Alphonse Karr

“What we put in and leave out of our stories tells us something about who we are.”

— Eddie S. Glaude Jr

“You can tell a lot about individuals by how they treat the people they believe are beneath them.”

— A.J. Mendez Brooks