Every character I do is based on someone I know.

“All you can do is make your decisions based on what you know now.”

— Malinda Lo

Ever since I began writing my Junie B. Jones series, people have been assuming that the character is based on me when I was…

— Barbara Park

I don't think you can get everything based on who you know, but you can't get anything until you do know the right people.

— Brad Paisley

“Don’t judge based on what you see, judge based on what you know, because the two are rarely similar.”

— Markus Peterson

But in the end, we can’t live our lives by ‘what if’ and ‘if only.’ We can only do the best we can to…

— Terry Goodkind

Too often, people get jobs based on who they know - not what they know.

— Elizabeth Warren

People don't change based on what they know, they change based on what they feel.

— Anonymous

I'm excited to play any character that is based in reality. And I'd be even more excited if I can add a comic element…

— Shenaz Treasury

Clearly when there is a character based on you on 'South Park' or 'The Simpsons,' that is something that sticks with you for the…

— Chris Hansen

I started doing comedy just as myself, because I thought, "This is what's expected, you're meant to tell stories and do observations." And then…

— Chris Lilley

It's very easy as a viewer to judge what you're seeing on television, but every single character is based off of a human being…

— Jacob Elordi

I kind of approach action/non-action very much similarly. It has to be character-based and it has to kind of come off the theme and…

— Justin Lin

I definitely notice the absence of character in most poetry, which is not so say that I'm an innovator in that regard. Character-based poems…

— Shane McCrae

I always start from scratch with a character - they're never based on anyone else. You get ideas of what people look like, and…

— Amanda Burton

In one book, CACHALOT, just for my own amusement, every character is based directly on someone I have known.

— Alan Dean Foster