Knowing Quote by Martin McDonagh

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

— Louis Sachar

I am the happiest writing and being with the people I love.

— Richard Flanagan

I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing.

— Kimberly Willis Holt

For me, it's important that I experience and feel what the characters are feeling. So I put myself in those moments, in their thoughts,…

— Chevy Stevens

And the nice thing about writing a novel is you take your time, you sit with the character sometimes nine years, you look very…

— Sandra Cisneros

When you're writing, I think a big part of writing comes out of an attempt to understand yourself. You're dealing with emotions and thoughts…

— Sheila Heti

The most joyful part of writing, for me, is when I am 90% there, and suddenly the story clicks into place, and things finally…

— Jenny Han

I guess that in a lot of ways, my writing is more of a character to me than something that I feel personally attached…

— Angel Olsen

This is what I love about novels - both reading them and writing them. They jump into the abyss to be with you where…

— John Green

I write characters and stories that move me, and I write from the heart.

— Robert Crais

I have an affinity for writing in the first person. I love the intimacy of being dropped inside the character.

— Sue Monk Kidd

I don't do all that well in the writerly world. I'm happier being outside the flow.

— Nicholson Baker