Books Quote by Todd Alcott

The novel form is about the protagonist's struggle to transform his arbitrary, fragmented, given experience into a narrative as meaningful as his favorite books.

— Elif Batuman

A great novel is concerned primarily with the interior lives of its characters as they respond to the inconvenient narratives that fate imposes on…

— Richard Schickel

“Novels can tell us so much about life. They have the power to enrich our own lives in so many different ways. They're not…

— Victoria Connelly

An interesting play cannot in the nature of things mean anything but a play in which problems of conduct and character of personalimportance to…

— George Bernard Shaw

“What does literature do better than anything else? It provides a detailed representation of the inner experience of being alive in a given time…

— Elif Batuman

When the drama attains a characterization which makes the play a revelation of human conduct and a dialogue which characterizes yet pleases for itself,…

— Anonymous

The life of a character should be an unbroken line of events and emotions, but a play only gives us a few moments on…

— Constantin Stanislavski

“When I sit down with a novel in my hand I want to enjoy the experience. That means having fun. Too many books take…

— Clayton J. Callahan

“Character is the very life of fiction. Setting exists only so that the character has someplace to stand. Plot exists so the character can…

— John Gardner

“My world is about stories that entertain; emotions that move; people you’ll remember; literature that matters.”

— M.G.Crisci

“I believe there are two ways of writing novels. One is making a sort of musical comedy without music and ignoring real life altogether;…

— P. G. Wodehouse

“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