“I write about situations that are common, universal might be more correct, in which my characters are involved and from which only faith can redeem them, though often the actual manner of the redemption is not immediately clear. They sin, but there is no limit to God's mercy and because this is important, there is a difference between not confessing in fact, and the complacent and the pious may not realize it.” WritingMayImportantCharacterFactsMightRealizingDifferencesSinCommonSituationClearInvolvedLimitsMercyUniversalRedemptionPiousComplacentConfessing Book:Conversations with Graham Greene Source: Conversations with Graham Greene
“The difference between the world of pictures and the world of printed matter is extraordinary and hard to define. A picture is like the masses: a multitude of impressions. A book on the other hand, with its linear advance of words and characters seems to be connected to individual identity.” WorldBookMatterHardCharacterHandsSeemsIndividualDifferencesIdentityMassExtraordinaryConnectedImpressionMultitudesPrintedLinear Author:Don DeLillo
“Who can doubt that between the English and the French, between the Scotch and the Irish, there are differences of character which have profoundly affected and still affect the course of history?” StillsCharacterCoursesDifferencesDoubtAffectedScotch Book:Lectures and Essays Source: Lectures and Essays
“There's surprisingly little difference between writing from a male angle and from a female angle, but I feel more restricted in my language when I'm writing as a male character because males tend to sound less emotionally expressive than females.” FeelsWritingLittlesCharacterLanguageSoundDifferencesFemaleMalesAngleExpressive Author:Anne Tyler