Books Quote by Mavis Gallant

When I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters.…

— Stephenie Meyer

My characters are quite as real to me as so-called real people; which is one reason why I'm not subject to what is known…

— William S. Burroughs

Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.

— Cornelia Funke

These people are real to me, and situations keep coming up where their emergence feels natural. It's like meeting old friends. I hope readers…

— Jonathan Kellerman

All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can…

— Stephenie Meyer

No, none of us seem so very real. We're only supporting characters in the lives of each other. Any real truth, any precious fact…

— Chuck Palahniuk

I wonder if it's in the nature of fiction writers to never quite see their own lives as 'real,' since we are always making…

— Julia Glass

I'm not in the business of meddling with people's destinies - and yes, my characters are real people to me. They have histories and…

— Jonathan Evison

I don't think about the stories so much, as the characters themselves. They live on, and they are almost as real as I am.

— Paul Auster

Life in a small town is like an intricately plotted novel, and even though I had read every book in the public library by…

— Maxine Cheshire

I never read a novel, they have so little real life and thought in them.

— Henry David Thoreau

My characters live inside my head for a long time before I actually start a book. They become so real to me, I talk…

— Judy Blume