“I enjoy the research element. There are so many stories from the past that interest me, that I want to learn more about, just as an interested person. And if I'm going to learn, if I'm going to research, it's probably going to lead me to writing a novel.” IfsWantWritingPersonsStoriesPastEnjoyInterestNovelElementsResearchLeading Me Author:John Boyne
“With the adult ones, I feel I need to get as deep inside the psychology of a character as I can, and that needs to be first-person. In the children's books, I feel I need some distance. I don't want to be the nine-year-old at the center of the story. I need to have some type of narrative voice.” WantNeedsFeelsYearsFirstsChildrenPersonsI CanBookCharacterStoriesVoicePsychologyTypeAdultsDistanceNineNarrativeFirst PersonDeep InsideNine YearsChildren's BooksNarrative Voice Author:John Boyne
“It occurs to me that even though Zoya and I are both still alive, my life is already over. She will be taken from me soon and there will be no reason for me to continue without her. We are one person, you see. We are GeorgyandZoya.” PersonsStillsReasonLife IsTakenAliveNo ReasonSpiritual Love Book:The House of Special Purpose Source: The House of Special Purpose
“It reminds me of how grandmother always had the right costume for me to wear. You wear the right outfit and you feel like the person you're pretending to be.” FeelsPersonsGrandmotherPretendingCostumes Author:John Boyne
“There's things that happen in a person's life that are so scorched in the memory and burned into the heart that there's no forgetting them.” HeartPersonsHappensMemoriesForgetBurned Book:Mutiny on the Bounty Source: Mutiny on the Bounty
