About Quote by Stephen Mangan

The experience of reading is very interesting because you put yourself in the character's shoes and everything they're discovering, you marry the experience.

— Ashley Zukerman

The great thing about literature is that you're making up your own interpretation of the character anyway. Also, you're given basically a bible of…

— Jamie Campbell Bower

To read a novel is a difficult and complex art. You must be capable not only of great fineness of perception, but of great…

— Virginia Woolf

When you read a novel, your own imagery is the most important. It's what makes reading such a wonderful thing.

— Daniel Craig

The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has…

— Candace Camp

Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that.

— Michael Morpurgo

I think readers are just looking for things that maybe they recognize or can relate to in the books.

— Sarah Dessen

I love novels where not much 'happens' but where the interest is in the ideas and analyses of characters.

— Alain de Botton

Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel…

— Ann Patchett

But when you read books you almost feel like you're out there in the world. Like you're going on this adventure right with the…

— Matt de la Pena

I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?'…

— Irvine Welsh

I try to create new characters in each book I write. That's what makes writing fun and interesting for me.

— Judy Blume