Book Quote by Rachel Kushner

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In…

— Rachel Kushner

The main character in the book is usually someone you're identifying with because the story is being told through this person's mind.

— Jay Asher

If you feel that there's the author and then the character, then the book is not working. People have a habit of identifying the…

— Margaret Atwood

A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.

— Albert Camus

I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write them convincingly.

— Ruth Ozeki

People always want to identify a writer with their protagonist.

— Monica Ali

I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?'…

— Irvine Welsh

I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I've learned a lot of things about the…

— Ann Brashares

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

— Nicholas Sparks

I think I write what's interesting to me, and so if I'm reading I like to have a very thorough idea of a character…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

— Robert Holdstock

I’ve always thought a novelist only has one character and that is himself or herself.

— John Gregory Dunne