Books Quote by Rachel Kushner

My books have contradictions all the time - and people are fine with that.

— Malcolm Gladwell

I think many people have contradictions to them and I love characters that deal with those contradictions.

— Giancarlo Esposito

Contradictions in human character are one of its most consistent notes.

— Muriel Spark

One of the things that happens in novels it's almost like a continual debate with yourself. That's why you're writing the book. It's why…

— Michael Ondaatje

These are all novels, all about people that never existed, the people that read them it makes them unhappy with their own lives. Makes…

— Ray Bradbury

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

There are novels that end well, but in between there are human beings acting like human beings. And human beings are not perfect. All…

— Margaret Atwood

Contradiction is the heart and soul of character and drama. You're always looking for it. I loved her so much I hit her; that's…

— Paul Schrader

I'm definitely interested in exploring human contradictions. Contradictions are what make us human - it's what defines us as human beings. Contradictions are what…

— Edgar Ramirez

We are all potentially characters in a novel--with the difference that characters in a novel really get to live their lives to the full.

— Georges Simenon

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise…

— Elia Kazan

“An important feature of good characterization in a novel is that the characters are dimensionalized and are not all of one piece. Human beings,…

— Joseph Telushkin