Care Quote by Orson Scott Card

My concern is how we live fictions, how fictions have real effects, become facts in that sense, and how our experience of the world…

— Ben Lerner

All the things we value in society don't mean much in fiction.

— Martin Amis

It's my opinion that if you're trying to tell a realistic story that centers around realistic characters, you can't help but touch on important…

— Patrick Rothfuss

One of the great things about fiction is you can use an issue and describe it in human terms.

— Michael Connelly

There's something to be said for a likable character, but fiction has a way of upending our ordinary standards.

— Ben Dolnick

Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings…

— Edmund White

Ultimately, what audiences respond to is truth. Even as fantastical as the story can be, and out there, at its core, it's dealing with…

— Francesca Gregorini

“all writers, given adequate technique—technique that communicates—can stir our interest in their special subject matter, since at heart all fiction treats, directly or indirectly,…

— John Gardner

What matters in a character is not whether one holds this or that opinion: what matters is how proudly one upholds it.

— Madame de Stael

Legitimately produced, and truly inspired, fiction interprets humanity, informs the understanding, and quickens the affections. It reflects ourselves, warns us against prevailing social follies,…

— Henry Theodore Tuckerman

In fiction 'issues' are accidental, sometimes incidental. The place and the people it creates are paramount.

— Tim Winton

You can't be too concerned with the philosophical meanings of the character and how it will affect everything else.

— Cameron Monaghan