Rainbow Rowell Quotes

Your opening should give the reader a person to focus on. In a short story, this person should turn up almost immediately; he should be integral to the story's main action; he should be an individual, not just a type. In a novel, the main character may take longer to appear: Anna Karenina doesn't show up in her own novel until chapter eighteen.

But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes.

Protagonists traditionally are active characters.

It was great fun to do because of the central character. With The Girl in the Spider's Web, the girl is really the central character. She's the whole thing.

Protagonists are always loners, almost by definition.

I'm hesitant to do leading man character roles because I think they can be a little boring in terms of needing to be the everyman who navigates the amazing stuff around them.

I married her just because she looks like you.

All great virtues become great men.

You look beautiful - David

I always think once you have the lead protagonist, you cast around that character.

I just look at women sometimes and I just want to ask them, "Do you know how fabulous you are?"

Be honest, how hideous do I look?" He took another step back and pursed his lips. "That bad, huh?" I muttered. No, no Bella. Actually. . ." He seemed to be struggling for the right word. "You look. . .sexy." I laughed out loud. "Right." Very sexy, really.

I was lucky to have the right heroes. Tell me who your heroes are and I'll tell you how you'll turn out to be. The qualities of the one you admire are the traits that you, with a little practice, can make your own, and that, if practiced, will become habit forming.

Telling someone he looks healthy isn't a compliment -- it's a second opinion.

People I admire have two qualities: a kind of simplicity, and generosity of spirit. It seems to me that the more impressive people are in what they have done, the simpler they tend to be in how they talk to you, or in what they say or write.

Titus looks like Tyson when he strips off in the dressing-room, except he doesn't bite and has a great tackle.

Probably the biggest compliment someone can give you is, "Gosh, you look great. You don't look tired."

I don't see it, but I'm flattered nonetheless. To look like Michelle Pfeiffer is quite nice.

You're 83? Really? You don't look it. I would've guessed 81 or 82.

I'll confess it is pleasant to look at you asleep. You're quite beautiful, Clarice.

All babies look like Renée Zellweger pushed against a glass window.

I'm Language Gal. I can speak any language presented to me. And I look exactly like Halle Berry.

You look so good," I say, and s***! Oh god, that's not what I meant. S***! "It looks good. The book.

You look good to me, you damnable little devil, good to embrace and good to love.

I am in perfect health, and hear it said I look better than ever I did in my life, which is one of those lies one is always glad to hear.