Richard Flanagan After writing a novel, what is there to say? If a novelist could say it in a maxim, they wouldn’t need 120,000 words, several years and sundry characters, plots and subplots, and so on. I’d much rather listen always. – Richard Flanagan Characters Quotes Listen Quotes Maxim Quotes Novelist Quotes Plots Quotes Subplots Quotes Sundry Quotes Writing Quotes I love words because you can only live one life, but in a novel, you can live a thousand: you contain multitudes. I once knew a guy that everyone called Trodon because his face looked like it had been trod on.
Steve Zahn I love general history. That’s all I read really. I don’t read novels, I read history. I love it. I live in an area that’s really rich in Civil War history. I live in Kentucky on a farm. A lot of revolution, a lot of military history I love. – Steve Zahn
AmazingLearningTed Allen I really have a great deal of humility in that department, and a great deal of respect for people who spend their lives learning how to make these amazing preparations. – Ted Allen
Ian Doescher The Ewoks were definitely a challenge of writing ‘The Jedi Doth Return.’ After having done so many things with characters who don’t speak English, how was I going to make them stand out? Jedi is also rich with emotional material, particularly Darth Vader’s transformation from the dark side back to the good. – Ian Doescher
Catherine Drinker Bowen Writers seldom choose as friends those self-contained characters who are never in trouble, never unhappy or ill, never make mistakes and always count their change when it is handed to them. – Catherine Drinker Bowen
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