Cases Quote by Sasa Stanisic

Whenever we've approached a story, it's always started with the character, and the idea of some character struggling with some part of himself. That's…

— Anna Boden

Whatever kind of story you're telling, whether it's a genre piece for a comic book or whatever it is, it has importance because it's…

— Seth Gabel

Everybody has felt at one time or another that everyone else in the world had a better shot than they did, so when you…

— Robin Hobb

As a writer, it's a great narrative tool to have that character who is slightly detached but at the same time observant of his…

— Dinaw Mengestu

When writers are self-conscious about themselves as writers they often keep a great distance from their characters, sounding as if they were writing encyclopedia…

— Jerome Stern

The reader can't take much for granted in a fiction where the scenery can eat the characters.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

I've found that the more honest and true you are and can talk about a character and people's experiences, it's less ostracizing. It actually…

— Kenya Barris

We tell each other stories so we can understand the world better and there's catharsis and we understand the models of what a hero…

— Chris Pine

I like when characters suffer in stories because that's real life and that's what we all go through.

— Finn Cole

What makes a story is how well it manages to connect with the reader, the visceral effect it has.

— Len Wein

Why will people persist in reading strange meanings into the simplest of story? Is it not enough that a writer can entertain for a…

— Margaret Mitchell

A story isn't interesting unless a character has real challenges to deal with.

— Alexis Bledel