Air Quote by Rick Remender

We all want to write the kind of book that we want to read. If you put in the things that you are thinking…

— Meg Wolitzer

No matter what world you're creating, whether it be a real world or a fantasy world, you still have to make the characters relatable…

— David Nutter

When you have a book as material as it is, it's a lot easier to create a character because you have so many resources…

— Asa Butterfield

“It perplexes me how many people write books where everyone comes from the same basic set of backgrounds—middle class, white, straight, etc. It's like…

— Scott Westerfeld

Character development is what I value most as a reader of fiction. If an author can manage to create the sort of characters who…

— J. Courtney Sullivan

You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it's the story that matters.

— James Dashner

I believe that to create real-seeming characters, the writer must be willing to go on a voyage of self-exploration. It can be revealing and…

— Sara Paretsky

The good thing about writing a novel is that you're creating an imaginary world and can take a break when you need to.

— Liane Moriarty

Novels usually evolve out of 'character.' Characters generate stories, and the shape of a novel is entirely imagined but should have an aesthetic coherence.

— Joyce Carol Oates

I believe a novel should be as complicated and involved as you're capable of making it.

— John Irving

My books, I will say one thing - they all have a driving narrative, and you have to turn the pages, and the way…

— Elin Hilderbrand

In that way, any world you create will become real. The reader makes it so. The reader becomes implicated in the creation of the…

— Pinckney Benedict