Ann Patchett Quotes About Character

Quotes about: Character

• Reading fiction is important. It is a vital means of imagining a life other than our own, which in turn makes us more empathetic beings. Following complex story lines stretches our brains beyond the 140 characters of sound-bite thinking, and staying within the world of a novel gives us the ability to be quiet and alone, two skills that are disappearing faster than the polar icecaps.

  Ann Patchett

  Reading, Character, Mean

  "And the Winner Isn’t..." by Ann Patchett, www.nytimes.com. April 17, 2012.

• Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel empathy for people we've never met, living lives we couldn't possibly experience for ourselves, because the book puts us inside the character's skin.

  Ann Patchett

  Live Life, Book, Reading

• People always say, "Can writing be taught?" I always think, I can teach you how to write a better sentence, how to do dialogue, how to do character, but I can't teach you how to be a decent person, and I can't teach you how to have something to say.

  Ann Patchett

  Writing, Character, Thinking

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.

  Ann Patchett

  Book, Writing, Character

  Interview with Jeff Vasishta, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 16, 2016.

• I love a large cast of characters. That's the way life is: it's flooded with people and we keep them all straight.

  Ann Patchett

  Character, People, Way

  Interview with Jeff Vasishta, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 16, 2016.

• The idea I pursue is the one that keeps coming back to me. The characters I think about as I'm falling asleep at night or when I'm driving to the grocery store are the one's I wind up writing about.

  Ann Patchett

  Fall, Writing, Character

  Interview with Jeff Vasishta, www.interviewmagazine.com. August 16, 2016.

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