Book Quote by Susan Patron

My goal is to write books that are quality books with very real characters and a gripping plot.

— John Searles

I find that nonfiction writers are the likeliest to turn out interesting novels.

— Michael Korda

My books, I will say one thing - they all have a driving narrative, and you have to turn the pages, and the way…

— Elin Hilderbrand

The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is sufficient. But…

— Ruth Park

I want to tell authentic, real stories with real characters.

— Adepero Oduye

“I read and write for character. If I like and can relate to the characters in a story I can enjoy any kind of…

— Charles de Lint

Good books tell the truth, even when they're about things that never have been and never will be. They're truthful in a different way

— Stanislaw Lem

Listen, I wrote 10 unsuccessful books before I broke through, so I'm looking all the time to keep my books fascinating. I want to…

— Ken Follett

“To write an excellent novel, make the outcome of the story matter to the reader through the evolving relationships between well-designed characters.”

— Martin Sandforth

“If you’re honest with yourself as a writer, trying to tell the best story you can, your story will be an honest one. And…

— Joe Clifford Faust

My books are written from personal experience, from memories, and from stories that come to me from all places.

— Isabel Allende

I am trying to write novels for properly clever people, but I also want them to be proper novels that also stick in a…

— Sophie Hannah