Latest Elizabeth Wein Quotes from Interviews

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• The very term "turning pages" suggests nonstop action. But I am all about character and beautiful writing. I eat that up like popcorn. Whether a book is action-packed or not, all I need are well-written prose and quirky, fabulous characters to keep me going.

  Elizabeth Wein

  Beautiful, Book, Writing

  Source: www.hbook.com

• I tend not to attempt to describe pain. I don't feel I can comprehend or re-create the personal suffering of others, so I simply try to tell what happened, or what I imagine happened. I also think it helps to let the reader fill in a lot of the blanks. Melodrama is patronizing. With a straightforward statement, readers can figure out for themselves what's going on.

  Elizabeth Wein

  Pain, Thinking, Suffering

  Source: www.hbook.com

• I think that what I do is a form of pathetic fallacy, the literary trope in which nature is in sympathy with the mood of the story. I connect the physical setting and props in the story to the emotional state of the characters.

  Elizabeth Wein

  Character, Emotional, Thinking

  Source: www.hbook.com

• I sometimes think young people are not given nearly enough credit for their ability to appreciate literary flourish.

  Elizabeth Wein

  Thinking, People, Appreciate

  Source: www.hbook.com

• You can come back to friendship. You can let it drop, for five years or ten years, and come back to it.

  Elizabeth Wein

  Source: www.hbook.com

• I think as readers we put ourselves in the protagonist's place because we want to be like that person. That's why sometimes we don't like protagonists who aren't all that nice; we want to relate to the protagonist.

  Elizabeth Wein

  Nice, Thinking, Sometimes

  Source: www.hbook.com