The difference between me and my characters is that I write ... - Gertrude Stein

This quote is attributed to Gertrude Stein.

"The difference between me and my characters is that I write about people who are real."

Gertrude Stein Literature

Novelist Poet American 1874–1946

More from Gertrude Stein

"A rose is a rose is a rose."

"There is no there there."

"Everybody gets so much information all day long that they lose their common sense."

"You are all a lost generation."

"The pen is mightier than the sword."

"Literature opens the mind to new worlds"

"The interesting thing about books is that they're made of words."

"Literature captures the essence of what it means to be human."