Challenges Quote by Kim Smith

Any setting can be a good setting for a novel.

— Chris Pavone

I think a setting is hugely important. I look at setting as a character with its own look, sound, history, quirks, goofy temperaments and…

— Deb Caletti

As a writer, I'm driven by settings. Others are driven by characters or predicaments, but with me, settings come first.

— Jim Lynch

I always try to make the setting fit the story I have in mind.

— Tony Hillerman

Settings are obviously important - and as a writer, you have to respect what was real at the time of the story you're writing.…

— Joan Lingard

With most of my books, I'll actually go out and look at the setting. If you describe things carefully, it kind of makes the…

— John Sandford

Working with the editor on the set means that it is possible to keep track, at every moment, of the exact temperature of the…

— Tilda Swinton

At first glance, you read something on the page and it can seem one way, and you can have your decisions before you wind…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

If you want the reader to accept the premise as a given, then being specific is vital. This is what I'm after; I want…

— Karin Tidbeck

When I'm writing in my bedroom, in a bar, at my kitchen table or wherever, I'm conjuring it all up on the page. That's…

— Quentin Tarantino

As much as I really like the screenwriting thing, the novel is where the author has so much control.

— Gillian Flynn

I think most fiction focuses on uncomfortable settings because that's interesting.

— N. K. Jemisin