Books Quote by Maya Rodale

“I intend all my characters must escape from impossible situations; if they are not in trouble, then as a writer, I am.”

— Cleveland W. Gibson

“I think long and carefully about what novels ought to do. They should clarify the roles that have become obscured; they ought to identify…

— Toni Morrison

“Sometimes fiction is a way of coping with the poison of the world in a way that lets us survive it.”

— Neil Gaiman

“The characters in my novels are my own unrealized possibilities. that is why I am equally fond of them all and equally horrified by…

— Milan Kundera

“As a reader, I could put on someone else's shoes and live through his adventures, borrow his individuality and make choices that I didn't…

— Ayaan Hirsi Ali

“You don't choose the novels, they choose you,”

— J. Alchem

“I'm talking about those novels where the characters aren't really interesting and you don't care about them or anything they care about. It's those…

— Will Schwalbe

“Characters, for good or evil, are part of an author's family. Once we have let them out of our imaginations, they stay with us…

— Andrew Ferrell

“Those novels with old-fashioned heroes and heroines in them -- are ruinous!”

— William Dean Howells

“I don't know whether my nation will perish and I don't know which of my characters is right. I invent stories, confront one with…

— Milan Kundera

“I get absolutely and undeniably attached to book characters to the point where I cry and laugh with them, and physically miss them when…

— Boodfessions #207

“Novels should reflect reality to some extent, otherwise they risk being sentimental.”

— Marc Levy