Quotes about Characters in books

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In the books I find the thrum of everything unsayable. The characters weep the way I want to, love the way I want to, cr — Alexandria Marzano-Lesnevich, The Fact of a Body: A Murder and a Memoir
My problem as a writer is that—whenever I meet someone for the first time—I immediately invent for them a personality an — James Rozoff
She had a way about her that spoke of homemade bread, and caring for people, and the kind of patience that women have wh — James Aura, When Saigon Surrendered: A Kentucky Mystery
Experience-taking changes us by allowing us to merge our own lives with those of the characters we read about. It doesn’ — Lisa Libby
Perhaps this is what Henry James meant when he talked about the “irresponsibility” of characters. Characters are irrespo — James Wood, The Irresponsible Self: On Laughter and the Novel
The best stories come from deep within us and are of us. Either our inner child comes out to play and makes all things p — Judith Kohnen, One Chance, One Moment
You live like comfortable strangers. Like characters in a play. — Aryn Kyle, Boys and Girls Like You and Me: Stories
The worst part of writing is meeting all these great new characters and having no one to talk about (the adventures you — Claudia Bakker
The reality I submerse myself in when writing, is far greater than the physical reality surrounding me at work! — D. P . Hall
It [the Harlem Renaissance] was a time of black individualism, a time marked by a vast array of characters whose uniquen — Clement Alexander Price, Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance
Vladimir stood next to one of the beams on the back porch of our new home, leaning on his back. He reached in his pocket — Nina Jean Slack, Once Lost, Forever Found
Whether a character is good or evil depends on your perspective. — Steve Jones Snr