Books Quote by Nicholas Sparks

Writing shouldn't come between the reader and what's being described. It should be as transparent as possible.

— Diana Athill

I feel character description from a book can mislead you and actually make you fall off course when you're representing a character using a…

— Will Poulter

The job of the novel is to be true to the confusion, but not so confusing that you turn the reader off.

— Nicholson Baker

If the reader doesn't care or relate to the characters, all that visual spectacle is pretty but feels empty.

— Cliff Chiang

...being written by someone who might not quite understand the subconscious nuance of the character leaves us in varying degrees of flatness.

— Jasper Fforde

I do realize that the reader needs some form of resolution. Sometimes I think of it almost like writing a musical score where things…

— Nicole Krauss

Words in prose ought to express the intended meaning; if they attract attention to themselves, it is a fault; in the very best styles…

— Samuel Taylor Coleridge

You try to make characters you care about, and I think realism helps. Even though this is a high concept, the characters have got…

— Ricky Gervais

Everybody has felt at one time or another that everyone else in the world had a better shot than they did, so when you…

— Robin Hobb

I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image.

— Michael Chabon

The less you offer, the more readers are forced to bring the world to life with their own visual imaginings. I personally hate an…

— Jonathan Lethem

When you're writing for a game - even if you're using very well known characters like Batman and his villains who lend themselves to…

— Paul Dini