Books Quote by Stewart O'Nan

There are many different ways to express intimacy - a look, a touch - and I think it enriches the characters and stories when…

— Marjorie Liu

When I'm writing from a character's viewpoint, in essence I become that character; I share their thoughts, I see the world through their eyes…

— George R. R. Martin

I have an affinity for writing in the first person. I love the intimacy of being dropped inside the character.

— Sue Monk Kidd

I think narrators expect a high level of intimacy with their readers, and vice versa.

— Tom Barbash

A novel can do something that films and TV usually can't - a glimpse inside the characters' heads. I write very tight third person…

— Karen Traviss

Taking on different characters and seeing things through the eyes of different people is interesting to me. When I look at what people are…

— Little Simz

My readers have to work with me to create the experience. They have to bring their imaginations to the story. No one sees a…

— Anonymous

The act of sharing with readers was at first too much of an intimate thing. But it evolved into an intense necessity to share.

— Vera Nazarian

The beauty of literature is you allow readers to see things through other peoples eyes. All good books do this.

— Sandra Cisneros

One of my goals is to allow readers to see my characters and the world they inhabit as vividly as possible.

— Ron Rash

Intimacy is extremely important to me and I want it to be extremely important to the readers.

— Toni Morrison

To get a connection to your characters, you have to put them in a situation that you can feel yourself.

— Michael Connelly