Crazy Quote by Lynne Tillman

Many of my characters first came through to me as voices. That's why I use a tape recorder.

— William S. Burroughs

I have so many different voices and stories to tell.

— Katori Hall

Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices…

— Jeanette Winterson

Usually, when I write a novel, it takes me about 100 pages to figure out the voice of the narrator.

— Colson Whitehead

For me, the main inspiration to write a story or novel is the voice of its central character, or the narrative voice of the…

— Scott Bradfield

My preferred style is to write in first person, so I always have to play around with possible narrator voices until I find something…

— Laurie Graham

One of the things that writers worry about is finding a voice. I don't think it's a thing that you find so much as…

— Ayana Mathis

The person you are (in total, at that moment in time) is what creates the story you're writing. It's infused in every piece of…

— Victor LaValle

Sometimes I hear a voice - sometimes it's the voice of someone I know. And sometimes that leads to a character, which leads to…

— Sara Shepard

In fiction the narrator is a performance of voice, and it can be any style of voice, but I'm interested in the ways that…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

The thing I do at the beginning is a "voice journal," a free form doc that is the character speaking to me. I just…

— James Scott Bell

Voice is one of the most elusive qualities in any story. We recognize it when we hear it, but it's hard consciously to create…

— Philip Gerard