Battle Quote by Zadie Smith

For me, writing a novel is more like digging a well than climbing a mountain - some heroic thing where I set out to…

— Mohsin Hamid

I like characters who aren't typically heroic and come to some sort of epiphany about themselves.

— Brad Anderson

I like getting under the skin of the protagonists of every book I read, it makes the whole story so much more personal.

— Shweta Bachchan Nanda

There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.

— Richard Harris

I love all kinds of books, which include fiction and non-fiction.

— Mukul Dev

I suppose as long as novels last, and authors aim at interesting their public, there must always be in the story a virtuous and…

— William Makepeace Thackeray

I love fiction and read novels constantly.

— Michael Imperioli

Fiction is the thing I esteem most in my own work; I feel that, even if it's no good, only I could have written…

— Edmund White

Fiction novels, that's my game.

— David Benioff

I'm all about nonfiction. I rarely read fiction. I like to read about things that really happened, facts, real life situations. That's what inspires…

— Phil Keoghan

Very few of my characters are totally heroic or totally villainous.

— Charlaine Harris

I enjoy receiving and giving realistic fiction, for both children and adults, with strong characters, beautiful language, and humane visions.

— Sharon Creech