If I weren't a writer, I'd be a psychiatrist. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes psychiatrist writer
I don't think of my characters as people I create, I think of them more as people I have met and whom I'm exploring on the page. I don't actually think of myself as having 'created' any of these people. Lisa Unger charactercreateexplore share on social
The worst violence we can do to each other often is psychological, especially in families. I dwell a lot on domestic danger. That's the backdrop of most of my novels - what kind of damage is done without ever lifting a finger. Lisa Unger backdropbaddamage share on social
I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it. Lisa Unger characterconstructfeel Change image and share on social
Any man who goes to a psychiatrist ought to have his head examined. Samuel Goldwyn examineheadman Change image and share on social
The historical novelist has to consider what has actually happened, while the SF writer is dealing in possibilities, but they are both in the business of imagining a world unlike our own and yet connected to it. Pamela Sargent businessconnectdeal share on social