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Protagonist Quotes

David Baldacci quote: "But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes."
But protagonists are protagonists and heroes are heroes. David Baldacci
This was the writer's true doppelgnger, I thought; not some invisible imp of the perverse who watched you from the shadows, periodically appearing, dressed in your clothes and carrying your house keys, to set fire to your life; but rather the typical protagonist of your work -- Roderick Usher, Eric Waldensee, Francis Macomber, Dick Diver -- whose narratives at first reflected but in time came to determine your life's very course. Michael Chabon
You learn to read so you can identify the reality in which you live, so that you can become a protagonist history rather than a spectator" Father Fernando Cardenal Barbara Kingsolver
A man's death makes everything certain about him. Of course, secrets may die with him. And of course, a hundred years later somebody looking through some papers may discover a fact which throws a totally different light on his life and of which all the people who attended his funeral were ignorant. Death changes the facts qualitatively but not quantitatively. One does not know more facts about a man because he is dead. But what one already knows hardens and becomes definite. We cannot hope... John Berger
As Jane Austen might have put it: It is a truth universally acknowledged that young protagonists in search of adventure must ditch their parents. Philip Pullman
Never been here before. It's like something on the top floor of a luxury high-rise casino in Atlantic City, where they put semi-retarded adults from South Philly after they've blundered into the mega jackpot" Hiro Protagonist - Snow Crash Neal Stephenson
Harold Brodkey quote: "My protagonists are my mother's voice and the mind I had when..."
My protagonists are my mother's voice and the mind I had when I was thirteen. Harold Brodkey
The sense of tragedy - according to Aristotle - comes, ironically enough, not from the protagonist's weak points but from his good qualities. Do you know what I'm getting at? People are drawn deeper into tragedy not by their defects but by their virtues....[But] we accept irony through a device called metaphor. And through that we grow and become deeper human beings. Haruki Murakami
Look at the Coen brothers. All their minor characters are as interesting as their protagonists. If the smaller characters are well-written, the whole world of the film becomes enriched. It's not the size of the thing, but the detail. Brendan Gleeson
Carlos Fuentes quote: "I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write..."
I always felt a little worm inside me: 'Now you need to write a novel with a woman protagonist.' Carlos Fuentes
Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel. Leslie Fiedler
I'd love to write something for a male protagonist. That's sort of the next frontier for me. I think it'd be really amazing to write the kind of parts that I love for women but for a guy. Lena Dunham
Laura Dern quote: "I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them."
I'm interested in flawed protagonists. I was raised on them. Laura Dern
You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger. Nelson DeMille
David McCullough quote: "I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the..."
I'm drawn particularly to stories that evolve out of the character of the protagonist. David McCullough

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