Book Quote by Melissa Bank

If you want to write about a person who isn't nice, people say, "This is a bad book. It's about somebody I couldn't stand."…

— Tama Janowitz

When you start off with your first book, people assume that you're like all the characters in the book - and it does complicate…

— Irvine Welsh

There's a lot about the character. It doesn't always happen, but there are some characters you really create a relationship with, almost as if…

— Salma Hayek

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

— Alexander McCall Smith

If you read, your book is kind of your friend, because it's like the book is telling you its story and you're being the…

— Natalie Portman

A person only likes his friend to the degree he or she relates and connects to his character.

— Anonymous

Can we really be friends with those who don't love the books that we do? Of course we can, but can we really be…

— Ramona Koval

I really don't like books when characters are just bad or just good.

— Ellen Ullman

I don't write books for people to be friends with the characters. If you want to find friends, go to a cocktail party.

— Zoë Heller

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In…

— Rachel Kushner

I don't really care if people like a character ornot; I think in life we don't always like everybody. But you haveto be able…

— Julianne Moore

“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