I just look for characters I can relate to.

In my own work, I don't have favorite characters, but I have characters that I relate to the most. And I relate the most…

— Cassandra Clare

I always look for characters that will hopefully develop into a more powerful symbol.

— Sydney Sweeney

For me, I never look down at my characters.

— Riley Stearns

I just look for characters that have dimensions. If I don't see it written on the page, then I try to put it in…

— Boyd Holbrook

I look for characters that speak to something in me.

— Dorian Missick

We're so used to seeing women in movies about a romance where they don't seem to have any inner fortitude. They're completely defined by…

— Susanna Fogel

They are imaginary characters. But perhaps not solely the products of my imagination, since there are some aspects of the characters that relate to…

— Margaret Mahy

I personally like sitcom TV to be able to portray characters that I can relate to.

— Dania Ramirez

For me, it is important to pick up characters which I can relate to. Or I recall an incident in my life or tap…

— Barun Sobti

I always find stuff in my characters to relate to.

— Gerard Butler

I look for characters who are emotionally driven.

— Stacy Keach

Some writers, I'm told, look for their characters' surnames in telephone directories. I don't - it seems too obvious. Or too deliberate: if you…

— Sophie Hannah

Look well to the characters and qualifications of those you elect and raise to office and places of trust.

— Matthias B. Tallmadge

Sometimes I pretend not to look at my own characters, because that's like different people getting off with your girlfriend or something.

— Grant Morrison

Every once in awhile I like to play dark ladies, crazy ladies, but most often I look for characters that are strong, intelligent, caring…

— Erin Gray