Books Quote by Lynn Coady

I have to trust that if a story is strong, it can find its readership, and good editors can steer me well.

— Julie Berry

I feel that these stories are being written to articulate certain confusions and disappointments, and I do mean to shake up the reader, and…

— Ann Beattie

If the character is true, the movie will fall into place. Or at least that's what you hope.

— Ryan Gosling

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels…

— David Brin

A little bit of gratuitous violence in a well-thought-out story is fine.

— Ray Wise

That's what I want as a reader - I want to be confident that the book will do its job.

— Patrick Ness

Fiction writers can’t be trusted. They make things up.

— Dan Poynter

I'm a big believer that the structure of stories should reflect the content of the story.

— Noah Hawley

At least I hope - that the fiction I've written so far has flaws but has mostly been successful.

— William T. Vollmann

A story only matters, I suspect, to the extent that the people in the story change.

— Neil Gaiman

I dont know how the editors are going to take it or how it may be received. But to some extent Im hoping that…

— Christopher Darden

I have an idea of how the book will finish up, but it very rarely finishes up the way that I think it's going…

— Stephen King