Books Quote by Susan Straight

I go to great lengths to make certain situations feel right to the reader.

— Sidney Sheldon

I just have to be able to follow and enjoy the writer's voice and the writer's point of view. Liking what the person has…

— Wesley Morris

Make Things rather than Persons the subjects of conversations.

— John Adams

Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. It's always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.

— Matthew Nable

Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. Its always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.

— Matthew Nable

I like writing characters that seem different from one another. So if you were to hypothetically look at a bunch of lines from books…

— Charles Soule

Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.

— Dean Koontz

“I'm a little to the left of the right, and a bit to the right of the left. So, in most conversations I can…

— Anonymous

We work with every one of them to see if their character wouldn't say a certain thing or if something is worded awkwardly -…

— Simon Pegg

“Dialogue is easily spooked, so you must be vigilant against fear, dismissal, manipulation, and apathy—true enemies of safe dialogue. You’ll feel it at first,…

— Jen Hatmaker

But my way of writing is rather to think aloud, and follow my own humours, than much to consider who is listening to me;…

— Thomas de Quincey

It's really nice when you can sit down with somebody and just talk to them, and talk about your ideas and what you think…

— Aaron Ashmore