Quotes About Author

My only conclusion about structure is that nothing works if you don't have interesting characters and a good story to tell.

The instruction furnished is not good enough for the youth of such a country ... There is not even any systematic instruction given on political morals: an enormous deficiency in a republic.

I think Perry Ferrell put independent music on a very good path with Lollapalooza.

No soul is bad enough for a fixed "hell," or good enough for a fixed "heaven," however useful the words may be as pointing to opposite states.

I might cook occasionally, but I'm not a good cook. That's not my passion.

How is San Francisco, Alex? Lovely city. Will you leave your heart there? Do you think it's a good place to die?

I do understand the free market, having my economics degree, and if someone on the right had some good ideas, I'm not so dogmatic that I wouldn't listen to them.

The thing I am attracted to is just good writing and stories that are based somewhat in reality.

I'll find something in what I read that snags my imagination in emotional terms; it resonates with me for reasons more complicated than just that it seems like it would make a good story.

Ian McEwan is a very good writer; the first half of Atonement alone would ensure him a lasting place in English letters.

Of all the commentaries on the Scriptures, good examples are the best.

You see a lot of good ideas or well-written scripts that are bad ideas.

Good God! This man should be writing dime novels.

I'm more interested in the writing than in the content per se (good writing can be about wallpaper and I'll devour it).

Their record is a little bit deceiving. I still think they are a very good team.

No 'Good evening, Jean-Claude, how are you doing?' Just down to business. How terribly rude,ma petite ." - Jean-Claude

Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are good things too.

The state of perpetual emptiness is, of course, very good for business.

When you've got good writing, you can kind of give up all the research, in a way, and start just following the emotional integrity of the journey of your character.

Good morning. You have a moment?" It's clever the way she says it, not as a question. I would have to contradict her in order to have my moment back. I make a note to use the method in the future.

There's one thing that always interests me about you good people, not your certainty that the rest of us are swine, - no doubt we are, - but your certainty that your opinions are pearls.

There are more truths in a good book than its author meant to put in it.

I'm a writer and writers either have good memories or nothing at all.

Canada had the good health-care system and educational system. It was a privilege for me to grow up there.