Books Quote by Renata Adler

I've tried very hard and I've never found any resemblance between the people I know and the people in my novels.

— Francoise Sagan

“I care about strangers when they're abstractions but feel almost nothing when they are literally in front of me. They seem like unnamed characters…

— Chuck Klosterman

I don't think there's anybody I write about who I don't care for deeply in some way, no matter what their behavior is.

— Elizabeth Strout

I care very much about all of my characters, recurring or not. I try to imagine something about that person beyond his or her…

— Jason Lutes

“This is a work of fiction. If certain characters resemble people in real life, it is because certain people in real life resemble characters…

— Fernando Del Paso

There are few people whom I really love, and still fewer of whom I think well. The more I see of the world, the…

— Jane Austen

The writers or artists I write about are not necessarily those I care most about (Shakespeare is still my favourite writer) but those whose…

— Susan Sontag

I often feel like that with the way I portray myself I come off as looking much worse than any of the other characters.…

— Marie Calloway

I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.

— Jo Walton

Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's compelling and makes me…

— Alan Ball

My childhood was spent embracing one literary heroine after another. I identified passionately with each one and would slavishly imitate them.

— Sophie Kinsella

On the whole, I think you should write biographies of those you admire and respect, and novels about human beings who you think are…

— Penelope Fitzgerald