Books Quote by Rachel Kushner

I'm not sure the risks I take are any different from what other writers take, since we all serve at the pleasure of the…

— Stewart O'Nan

I've never been averse to a little risk - after all, writing without risk is not really writing at all. Sometimes one has to…

— Jasper Fforde

If there was no risk, it wouldn't be art. It wouldn't be worth making. There is risk even in a fairy tale. Fiction is…

— Chris Abani

Judgment without character is expediency... or worse.

— Warren G. Bennis

After all, it was only a story,' I said, determined to prove her wrong. 'All manner of terrible things may happen in a story.…

— Chris Priestley

If I've vividly laid out the narrative, the reader will come to his own conclusions.

— Rick Atkinson

I think if you find that you're making a judgment on the character, than your audience will make a judgment on the character.

— Michelle Monaghan

To think in terms of what the effect of a story is going to be, as opposed to trying to discover its inner logic,…

— David Milch

My responsibility is to get the story right. I can't predict or be concerned with the consequences.

— Tom Verducci

Judgment is not upon all occasions required, but discretion always is.

— Anonymous

The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.

— W. Somerset Maugham

Judgment is a delicate thing and does not come overnight.

— Peter Woo