Literary Characters Quotes

So the fact that there's someone who's planning what happens to the characters, writing it down, means that the characters always have a fate. And when we think about fate, we tend think of it as the thing we would have if we were literary characters, that is, if there were somebody out there, writing us.

Daniel Kehlmann

Escritura, Carácter, Significado

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Los personajes literarios, como las apariciones de mi abuela, son seres frágiles, que se asustan con facilidad; hay que tratarlos con cuidado para que se sientan cómodos en mis páginas...

Isabel Allende

Character, Grandmother, Care

Isabel Allende (2003). "Mi país inventado: memorias", HarperPerennial

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We can be reluctant to recognize how much of our culture was literary, particularly now that so many of the institutional purveyors of literature happily have joined in proclaiming its death. A substantial number of Americans who believe they worship God actually worship three major literary characters: the Yahweh of the J Writer (earliest author of Genesis, Exodus, Numbers), the Jesus of the Gospel of Mark, and Allah of the Koran.

Harold Bloom

Jesús, Creer, Carácter

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Un escritor a menudo quiere cambiar la percepción del lector sobre el mundo, lo cual es un acto político. Pero tenemos que trabajar a través de los personajes, así que ayudar al lector a sentirse cercano a los personajes de ficción es la puerta por la que tenemos que hacer pasar al lector.

Caryl Phillips

Reading, Writing, Character

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Interpretar a personajes literarios siempre produce ansiedad, porque una de las grandes alegrías de leer libros es que puedes crear tu propia visión de las cosas.

Stephen Mangan

Lectura, Libro, Personaje

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A poem is a small machine made of words. . .Its movement is intrinsic, undulant, a physical more than a literary character.

William Carlos Williams

Character, Machines, Movement

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