“I've made the decision to adhere to three general truths when it comes to my novels: There will be a love-story element to the story, the novel will be set in eastern North Carolina, and the characters will be likeable. Then, I make each novel unique through differences in voice, perspective, age and personalities of the characters, and of course, plot.” MadeCharacterStoriesAgeThreeCoursesVoiceDifferencesDecisionNovelPerspectivePersonalityElementsUniqueLove StoryPlotEasternCarolinaNorth CarolinaLikeable Author:Nicholas Sparks
“In a novel there's not much autobiography. There are characters in transit. Naturally, I can project something of my experiences onto the characters, but they have their own autonomy, a personality that is often a mystery to me.” I CanCharacterNovelMysteryPersonalityProjectsAutobiographyAutonomy Author:Dacia Maraini
“I think my writing process changes as I gain more life experience... It has taken me many years to be able to write a novel that shows the points of view of people of different ages and personalities.” PeopleThinkingWritingYearsDifferentShowsAgeAbleProcessViewsNovelTakenPersonalityGainsPoint Of ViewLife ExperienceWriting ProcessDifferent Ages Author:Kathleen Winter
“Falling into Donald Trump's trap, or being distracted every time he sends out a tweet is really not leadership. And, I would point you to a historical example, Italy's Donald Trump, Silvio Berlusconi, a larger-than-life personality. People didn't know what to do until somebody came up with a novel idea: Why don't we ignore him? They completely ignored the personality, the man, and focused on the issues. He was defeated twice. Maybe we can learn from that lesson.” PeopleMenFallNovelHe ManPersonalityHistoricalFocusedDefeatedIgnoredDistractedTweet Author:Sam Rasoul
“To be true to life, a novel must have an ending that is inevitable given the specific personalities of the characters involved. The novelist must not impose an ending upon them.” CharacterGivenNovelPersonalityInvolvedBeing TrueInevitableNovelistsTrue Life Author:Joyce Carol Oates
“It is quite possible--overwhelmingly probable, one might guess--that we will always learn more about human life and personality from novels than from scientific psychology” HumansMightNovelPsychologyPersonalityHuman Life Book:Language and Problems of Knowledge: The Managua Lectures Source: Language and Problems of Knowledge: The Managua Lectures