“The truth is, everything ultimately comes down to the relationship between the reader and the writer and the characters. Does or does not a character address moral being in a universal and important way? If it does, then it's literature.” IfsWayDoeImportantCharacterLiteratureMoralReaderTruth IsUniversalAddresses Author:Whitley Strieber
“an Autobiography is the truest of all books; for while it inevitably consists mainly of extinctions of the truth, shirkings of the truth, partial revealments of the truth, with hardly an instance of plain straight truth, the remorseless truth is there, between the lines, where the author-cat is raking dust upon it which hides from the disinterested spectator neither it nor its smell... the result being that the reader knows the author in spite of his wily diligences.” KnowsBookLinesResultsReaderTruth IsCatSmellInstanceDustSpiteAutobiographyExtinctionSpectatorsDiligenceTruestDisinterestedBetween The LinesRemorseless Book:The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain Source: The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain
“Mention the gothic, and many readers will probably picture gloomy castles and an assortment of sinister Victoriana. However, the truth is that the gothic genre has continued to flourish and evolve since the days of Bram Stoker, producing some of its most interesting and accomplished examples in the 20th century - in literature, film and beyond.” FilmLiteratureInterestingCenturyExampleReaderTruth IsEvolveGenreAccomplished20th CenturyCastlesGothicMost InterestingGloomySinisterStoker Author:Carlos Ruiz Zafon
“Storytelling is ultimately a creative act of pattern recognition. Through characters, plot and setting, a writer creates places where previously invisible truths become visible. Or the storyteller posits a series of dots that the reader can connect.” CharacterCreativeReaderTruth IsSeriesPatternsInvisibleSettingStorytellingSettingsRecognitionVisiblePlotStorytellerDots Author:Douglas Coupland
“And the truth is that if a writer is successful, you gain readers. It benefits all the writers. It's important for all the writers that as many of us as possible be successful.” IfsImportantSuccessfulReaderTruth IsBenefitsGainsBeing Successful Author:Isabel Allende
“Authors also create lovable, friendly characters, then proceed to do terrible things to them, like throw them in unsightly librarian-controlled dungeons. This makes readers feel hurt and worried for the characters. The simple truth is that authors like making people squirm. If this weren't the case, all novels would be filled completely with cute bunnies having birthday parties.” PeopleIfsFeelsCharacterWould BeHurtSimplePartyCasesNovelReaderTerribleTruth IsFilledWorriedCuteFriendlyControlledLibrarianTerrible ThingsLovableBunniesDungeonsSimple TruthsBirthday Party Book:Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians Source: Alcatraz vs. the Evil Librarians