Book Quote by Terry McMillan

the story is not a pretty one. there is violence in it. And cruelty. But stories that are not pretty have a certain value,…

— Kate DiCamillo

I never plot out my novels in terms of the tone of the book. Hopefully, once a story is begun it reveals itself

— Alice Hoffman

If you get the characters right you've done sometimes nearly half the work. I sometimes find I get the characters right then the characters…

— Terry Pratchett

Whether you've done anything wrong or not people will write whatever they want, so it's just a matter of not reading it, not buying…

— Holly Valance

Be careful not to judge a book by its cover. What you think the story is and what it really reads, could be two…

— Sarah Moores

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

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

— Sandra Cisneros

“The chief beauty of this book lies not so much in its literary style, or in the extent and usefulness of the information it…

— Jerome K. Jerome

I think that when you're writing plays, and I think it's also true with novels, it helps to have an ear for the music…

— Tony Kushner

I think that's a hallmark of a really good story that it has readers that it speaks to more than others.

— Erin Morgenstern

“The true magic of novels dwells within us individually. Each reader will interpret every single character, scene, and metaphor in a slightly different way”

— Carl Henegan

A great story poorly told doesn't do anybody any good at all, and nobody wants to hear it, and nobody wants to read it.…

— Jason Isbell