“ I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I've learned a lot of things about the characters I write from people who read about them. Readers expa… Ann Brashares
“ Sometimes people who look different from you are scary. Maybe they are ugly. Maybe they are loud. Maybe theyare big. Maybe they are green. Maybe they are all those things. But you should not be afraid… Jeff Hutchins
“ Fictions are realities we don't think of, that are happening to people we know nothing about. Sanhita Baruah
“ Real people are made out of a whole lot of things—flesh, bone, blood, nerves, stuff like that. Literary people are made out of words. Thomas C. Foster
“ I write fiction not for my readers and not for myself. I write fiction for the sake of those odd heroic characters that are contained therein. They are counting on me as much as I am counting on them. Nicholas Trandahl
“ DelusionsDissociative disorders, even those created by mind controllers, are not psychosis, but this program will create the most common symptom used to diagnose schizophrenia. The child is hurt while… Alison Miller
“ Heavy is the head that holds the pen of creation. We construct these characters from nothing, molding them from our imaginations. We give them hopes and dreams and unique personalities until they feel… Jennifer A. Marsh
“ She knew this day was different and worse, much worse than before. This was the day that Bethany began to believe their lies. And not only did she believe them, she silently repeated them, causing mor… Katie Hubbard
“ There are only two things you’ll ever need to know about me, Farin—and you should know them well. I’m very smart, and I’m very rich. Heather O'Brien
“ If you ever meet someone who thinks they are so special, the best thing to do is smile. You don’t have to say anything. Be friendly and then go doyour best. That will make you special, too! Jeff Hutchins
“ Conchpore is real. It is as real as Malgudi, Brahmpur, Lilliput or Macondo. And also as real as San Francisco, Madurai, Edinburgh, Gaborone or Tokyo. You know that fictional towns exist. You visit the… Indu Muralidharan
“ I have always believed there is great value in studying the flaws of mankind and men —even fictional characters. All of us are flawed. All of us are diminished by some form of prejudice and bias. If a… K. Lee Lerner
“ There are always messages, even enigmas to be searched, mysteries to be solved in all of my books. I like to puzzle readers, but I do not make so to the point of being so complex that they will lose i… Ana Claudia Antunes
“ One likes to think that there is some fantastic limbo for the children of imagination, some strange, impossible place where the beaux of Fielding may still make love to the belles of Richardson, where… Arthur Conan Doyle
“ I feel like these characters, these places, these beings and plots, and even these inanimate objects are counting on me for survival. It’s my responsibility to reveal them to the world, to show my rea… Nicholas Trandahl
“ Is the writer cruel that makes his characters suffer only to bring them to triumph or tragedy in the end? Johnny Rich
“ Some fictions become fixtures in the real city. Their stories are so powerful that they leap off the page on to the streets, irreversibly altering the place where they were set. Henry Eliot
“ I’m a blank canvas that I can paint however I desire. For the first time ever, I get to be the character in my own fantasy land. E.K. Blair
