D. J. MacHale Quotes

With any good story, you need the adversary, the heroes and villains. You need a good mixture to make it work.

The villain of any story is often the most compelling character.

For mine, the villains of the piece were always important. In a traditional sense, that's always an important role.

Usually, you just have a hero and a villain - in any movie, not just a superhero movie.

Well, you need the villain. If you don't have a villain, the good guy can stay home.

We love a tale of heroes and villains and conflicts requiring a neat resolution.

I look for characters that are extremely flawed and the anti-hero.

For me, a story always goes out of a mistake. Somebody makes a mistake, and that becomes the story. Probably that explains why my series are kind of dark: because there's a problem to begin with.

We need the villain sometimes. It makes for an interesting story.

I never set out to write literature; I set out to tell stories. And some of my work may be very raunchy and very bloodthirsty - but life, for me, is a violent thing.

I don't care whether the story is real or fantastical. I tell the story that needs to be told.

The bad guys are the best parts.

I don't think I could write a straight drama.

I'm a storyteller, not a prophet. I'm just interested in a good story.

Those of us with this ancient compulsion to tell stories sometimes start with a single kernel of something.

All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.

To me the most important thing is a good story, though I know how cliche that sounds.

I've tried to tell a story. For me, it is the best one.

I just try to write entertaining books that are easily identifiable.

No, the thing is, we all love storytelling, and as a writer you get to tell stories all the time.

Sometimes my lyrics may describe a situation that happened to a friend. Other times, I create a story from the ground up.

I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.

I always like to tell a story.

In my books I try to tell a good story, not give messages.

I'm a fan of great storytelling.