Authentic Quote by Aaron Ehasz

I think even the characters that are fundamentally evil and wrong, I want people to really love them. I think that's important to writing…

— Mark Russell

It's your job to come up with compelling characters who speak to an individual authenticity. If I'm not interested in the characters, I can't…

— Nic Pizzolatto

You love all your characters, even the ridiculous ones. You have to on some level; they're your weird creations in some kind of way.…

— Joel Coen

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

— Alexander McCall Smith

I think the best characters are people you're not sure of, that you keep on going: 'God, I hate that person,' but you can…

— Adrian Lester

I don't know where people got the idea that characters in books a supposed to be likable. Books are not in the business of…

— John Green

I like the characters that have some redeeming quality or if it's interesting to me in any way.

— Fred Willard

Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth.

— David Levithan

Of course I know my characters are unlikable sometimes or have prejudices. It's not as if I'm thinking they're so endearing all the time.…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Everyone loves characters that are relatable or who have unique quirks or tragic flaws.

— Joe Madureira

I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and…

— Callie Khouri

All that matters to me as a reader are characters. I want characters to be real, authentic, and rounded. I will be digging into…

— Matt de la Pena