Books Quote by Rob Parnell

“And by focusing on the character of the victim, we inadvertently take the focus off the powerful and instead train our eyes and judgment…

— Wesley Lowery

A lot of readers want characters to behave in a responsible way, or they want to understand the characters' dilemma and act, in a…

— Susan Minot

“Be a sadist. No matter how sweet and innocent your leading characters, make awful things happen to them -- in order that the reader…

— Kurt Vonnegut

Too often, we get attention and sympathy by being a victim. If we're invested in someone being our villain, we must love being the…

— Regina Brett

“Writers owed their readers a duty of care, of mercy.”

— Ian McEwan

When certain persons abuse us, let us ask ourselves what description of characters it is that they admire; we shall often find this a…

— Charles Caleb Colton

We have to give our poor, innocent, and undeserving-of-our-badness characters trouble in order to make them characters in a story.

— Alice Mattison

“While it is easy to get caught up in the beliefs and attitudes of others, it is easier still to make one’s self a…

— Stephen Richards

“Above all, be the heroine of your own life, not the victim.”

— Nora Ephron

“They also highlight the fact that a psychologically abusive person has no moral compass and is more than willing to use innocent people as…

— Shannon Thomas

“We are not the victims of our circumstances; we are the creators of them!”

— Doreen Banaszak

“A victim evokes sympathy, right? Victims are not responsible, right? Victims have the moral high ground… someone else is causing the misery, right? Victims…

— David W. Earle