Character Quote by Lawrence Millman

I'm always amazed by people like David Simon or the people at The Simpsons or J.K. Rowling who can create dozens and dozens of…

— Drew Magary

Sarah Cornwell has a brilliant eye for the telling detail, and a wonderfully original way of embodying family history. I was captivated by her…

— Andrea Barrett

Amity Gaige has written a flawless book. It does not contain a single false note. Playful and inventive, SCHRODER movingly depicts the ways we…

— David Bezmozgis

Monkey Beach is a moody, powerful novel full of memorable characters. Reading it was like entering a pool of emerald water to discover a…

— Anita Rau Badami

I would much rather read a book about Ty Cobb, who was quite possibly a sociopath. It makes for more interesting copy. Some of…

— Jonathan Weeks

Above The Thunder is passionate, wise, and piercingly beautiful. Readers drawn to books with rich, memorable characters and contemporary stories will find this remarkable…

— Tony Ardizzone

“The journey had been long and dangerous, and along the way he had met countless travelers, many of whom were so amazing that they…

— Jason Carter Eaton

Our amour fou with 'The Sopranos' is headed for long-term parking, like so many of its most memorable characters. We'll never see a show…

— Rob Sheffield

Anyone who loved Tuesdays with Morrie should delight in reading The Five People You Meet in Heaven. Mitch Albom has populated his larger-than-life tale…

— John Burnham Schwartz

Once we start seeing video games that have more memorable characters, you'll see better movie adaptations.

— David S. Goyer

The Glittering World is a stunning phantasmagoria drawn from the world just beneath the surface, aswarm with great and memorable characters and a plot…

— Keith Donohue

Gritty and witty, The Chicago Way is done the classic Raymond Chandler Way. Harvey's taut plot, snappy prose, and memorable characters make this debut…

— Kathy Reichs

No writer besides Shakespeare has created more memorable characters attached to vices and virtues. In even their least sympathetic characters, one senses a kind…

— Roger Rosenblatt

Gail Anderson-Dargatz has a noticing eye, a voice as unique as the countryside she writes about, and a heart large enough to love her…

— Jack Hodgins

“It is because you are generous in spirit; and may I be like that; may I become like you—which unrealistic wish, to become the…

— Alexander McCall Smith