Eccentric Quote by Paloma Faith

I really relate to outsider characters. Especially the eccentric, lunatic weirdos like Alfred Hitchcock, Viktor Navorski in The Terminal, or the Anvil guys. Everything…

— Sacha Gervasi

I always tend to write about outsiders. And what's been fun for me is, as I travel around and visit schools, is that other…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

I like novelists who can create other interesting worlds.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

I love storytellers. When I was growing up, my inspirations were watching Eddie Murphy, Dennis Wolfberg, and Louie Anderson. These guys were great at…

— Jo Koy

Usually I read biographies of interesting people. I am not attracted to novels - make-believe, or recreations of what people think life should be.

— Lee Kuan Yew

And I like those authors best whose scenes describe my own situation in life-- and the friends who are about me whose stories touch…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

I consider myself a bit of an eccentric, and I relate very deeply to other people that have niche obsessions.

— John Wilson

I surround myself with bizarre people. They're more fun to write about.

— Jenny Mollen

Dead or alive, interesting people are interesting people.

— Noel Riley Fitch

I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations…

— Lynn Nottage

I'm still really fascinated with characters and people and telling their stories.

— Michelle Monaghan

One thing that I found is that everybody has an interesting story.

— Diana Taylor