Best Quote by Paulo Coelho

I think my characters are more wish fulfillments than they are mirrors. They see things I don't and live in a world I can…

— Sarah Addison Allen

Literature presents you with alternate mappings of the human experience. You see that the experiences of other people and other cultures are as rich,…

— Chaim Potok

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

— Louis Sachar

I have this belief that we are so vulnerable when we open ourselves up to literature. We're reminded of these real parts of ourselves.

— Tracy K. Smith

At a point in every person's life, one has to look deeply into the mirror of one's soul and decide one's unique truth in…

— James McGreevey

In my case, literature is a kind of revenge. It's something that gives me what real life can't give me - all the adventures,…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

“There are always messages, even enigmas to be searched, mysteries to be solved in all of my books. I like to puzzle readers, but…

— Ana Claudia Antunes

Theres always an anxiety about playing literary characters because one of the great joys of reading books is that you can create your own…

— Stephen Mangan

Readers are hungry to have their stories in the world, to see mirrors of themselves if the stories are about people like them, and…

— Jacqueline Woodson

When I am searching for a character, I leave myself open, as does a medium. And I think that sometimes you can be inhabited…

— Peter Sellers

I think in many ways, I'm sort of a blank canvas, because in many ways, I'm just observing the world and the people around…

— Danny Pudi

The great thing about literature is that you're making up your own interpretation of the character anyway. Also, you're given basically a bible of…

— Jamie Campbell Bower