--- title: "9 Attached Characters Quotes by 9 authors" description: "Browse 9 Attached Characters quotes by 9 authors. Discover the best Attached Characters sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/lisa-joy-7481_change_audiences-are-just-like-us-as-writers-we_2637427.jpg" --- > [Audiences are just like us as writers - we grow attached to characters. In certain ways you don't want them to change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lisa-joy/audiences-are-just-like-us-as-writers-we-grow-attached-to-characters/) [Lisa Joy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lisa-joy/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d23/lisa-joy-7481_change_audiences-are-just-like-us-as-writers-we_2637427.jpg) > [I hate getting attached to characters because when they die it's just a stab to the heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/i-hate-getting-attached-to-characters-because-when-they-die-it-s-just/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d8/anonymous-1_stab_i-hate-getting-attached-to-characters-be_2441683.jpg) > [I don't know about others, but I am sensitive, and I easily get attached to my characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sanya-malhotra/i-don-t-know-about-others-but-i-am-sensitive-and-i-easily-get/) [Sanya Malhotra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sanya-malhotra/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fea/sanya-malhotra-6370_about_i-don-t-know-about-others-but-i-am-sensi_913142.jpg) > [Part of doing good work is caring deeply about it, believing in what you're doing, and getting incredibly attached to the characters…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ari-graynor/part-of-doing-good-work-is-caring-deeply-about-it-believing-in-what/) [Ari Graynor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ari-graynor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3f/ari-graynor-3380_caring_part-of-doing-good-work-is-caring-deeply_1285372.jpg) > [When you're playing a character in a book, there's already a lot of pressure because all of the millions of people who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nikki-reed/when-you-re-playing-a-character-in-a-book-there-s-already-a-lot-of/) [Nikki Reed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nikki-reed/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c93/nikki-reed-8938_able_when-you-re-playing-a-character-in-a-boo_1618288.png) > [I suppose everybody does get attached to characters whether in movies or in stories, but I think that's part of the reason…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/louis-menand/i-suppose-everybody-does-get-attached-to-characters-whether-in-movies/) [Louis Menand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/louis-menand/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a72/louis-menand-8583_attached_i-suppose-everybody-does-get-attached-to_2970752.jpg) > [“At times Ren felt like he was reading fragments of his own dreams, reassembled into words that pulled at his heart, as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hannah-tinti/at-times-ren-felt-like-he-was-reading-fragments-of-his-own-dreams/) [Hannah Tinti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hannah-tinti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/hannah-tinti-24606_books_at-times-ren-felt-like-he-was-reading-fr_2021304.jpg) > [Any time you read a book and get attached to the characters, to me it's always a shock when it goes from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/suzanne-collins/any-time-you-read-a-book-and-get-attached-to-the-characters-to-me-it/) [Suzanne Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/suzanne-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0f1/suzanne-collins-60_always_any-time-you-read-a-book-and-get-attache_413827.jpg) > [One of the great things about writing a series is that with each book, the novel is meant to stand alone on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/linda-fairstein/one-of-the-great-things-about-writing-a-series-is-that-with-each-book/) [Linda Fairstein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/linda-fairstein/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2e0/linda-fairstein-37506_book_one-of-the-great-things-about-writing-a_106567.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/attached-characters/#itemlist", "name": "Attached Characters Quotes", "numberOfItems": 9, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Audiences are just like us as writers - we grow attached to characters. 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