Books Quote by Milan Kundera

The novel is not the author's confession; it is an investigation of human life in the trap the world has become

— Milan Kundera

“A good trap is like a good story: hidden and leading toward one inevitable conclusion”

— E.J. Patten

“A novel requires a hero, and here there's a deliberate collection of all the traits for an anti-hero”

— Dostoyevsky, Fyodor

In every first novel the hero is the author as Christ or Faust.

— Oscar Wilde

“A trap, like a good story, needs to hint at greater things without revealing them until the prey is snared.”

— E.J. Patten

Everyone deserves to be the hero of a novel.

— William Nicholson

Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are…

— Lauren Myracle

We live in a sea of general ideas, so that's not a novel, since there are so many general ideas. But the moment a…

— Chinua Achebe

Every hero is the villain of his own story.

— Holly Black

“A good trap, like a good story, has to arise naturally from the environment. It has to be seamless. If the prey suspects what’s…

— E.J. Patten

A hero is somebody who voluntarily walks into the unknown.

— Tom Hanks

Perfect heroines, like perfect heroes, aren't relatable, and if you can't put yourself in the protagonist's shoes, not only will they not inspire you,…

— Cassandra Clare