Quote by Sheryl Wright Stinchcum

“The only wards I ever knew happen to be fictitious characters.”

— Augusta Evans Wilson

“If only others knew that Lady Calpurnia Hartwell, proper, well-behaved spinster, entertained deep-seated and certainly unladylike thoughts about fictional heroes.”

— Sarah MacLean

“The characters and events in this book are fictitious.”

— Daniel Abraham

“Frederick Ward thought novels immoral and had been known to leave the room rather than subject himself to "bohemian" opinions.”

— Donald McCaig

“People should know better than to be an ass in front of writers. We immortalize things. Lots of things. And we take liberties with…

— Michelle M. Pillow

“She even takes the goings-on of fictitious characters personally.”

— Laura Buzo

“...it would seem that whoever did write this book knows you very well. You appear in it, sir. As...as the hero.”

— Margaret Westhaven

“People wandered in for books and conversation. They brought their stories to her, some bound, and some known by heart. She recognized some of…

— Louise Penny

“There's something kind of heroic about being a bookseller.”

— Gabrielle Zevin

“The writers we love often serve us through their comfort and example without their ever knowing it, and in this sense, they're as imaginary…

— Patricio Pron

“I have lived so long within the circle of this book and with these characters that often it seems to me that the real…

— F. Scott Fitzgerald