Book Quote by Mark Lawrence

“We never end up with the book we began writing. Characters twist it and turn it until they get the life that is perfect…

— C.K. Webb

Novels are . . . an unsurpassed form to understand people.

— Henning Mankell

The novel form is about the protagonist's struggle to transform his arbitrary, fragmented, given experience into a narrative as meaningful as his favorite books.

— Elif Batuman

The main character in the book is usually someone you're identifying with because the story is being told through this person's mind.

— Jay Asher

Writers have to be careful not to confuse personal attention with the attention that's going towards the book.

— Anonymous

The novel is like a melancholy form. It's about some kind of disillusionment with the way things are versus the idea of how they…

— Elif Batuman

I'm not over-enamored of complicated books, and wonder if it's more for the author's ego than anything else?

— Eric Hill

“Well, this is a story about books.” “About books?” “About accursed books, about the man who wrote them, about a character who broke out…

— Carlos Ruiz Zafón

To a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character.

— Michael Emerson

I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?'…

— Irvine Welsh

I don't think Donald Barthelme would have minded being called a confusing writer. Confusion was a favorite subject for him in his essays and…

— Joanna Scott

The author may not interpret. But he must tell why and how he wrote his book.

— Umberto Eco