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title: "16 Characters Create Quotes by 16 authors"
description: "Browse 16 Characters Create quotes by 16 authors. Discover the best Characters Create sayings and thoughts."
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> [Characters I create are just mixtures of the people I know.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/taika-waititi/characters-i-create-are-just-mixtures-of-the-people-i-know/)

[Taika Waititi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/taika-waititi/)

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> [Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chelsea-quinn-yarbro/storylines-are-how-characters-create-the-plots-involved-in-their/)

[Chelsea Quinn Yarbro](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chelsea-quinn-yarbro/)

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> [The opposing missions of the various characters create the plot.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-n-frey/the-opposing-missions-of-the-various-characters-create-the-plot/)

[James N. Frey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-n-frey/)

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> [I feel like, when I play characters, I create a space in myself that feels like the character and that doesn't go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greta-gerwig/i-feel-like-when-i-play-characters-i-create-a-space-in-myself-that/)

[Greta Gerwig](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greta-gerwig/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/816/greta-gerwig-2602_character_i-feel-like-when-i-play-characters-i-cre_2275842.jpg)

> [You meet people and you hear the way they talk and the way they behave, and that subconsciously gets fed into the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-knight/you-meet-people-and-you-hear-the-way-they-talk-and-the-way-they/)

[Steven Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-knight/)

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> [As an actor you use your imagination to put yourself in the shoes of bad guy characters. You create a story as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-dayan-fisher/as-an-actor-you-use-your-imagination-to-put-yourself-in-the-shoes-of/)

[David Dayan Fisher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-dayan-fisher/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a21/david-dayan-fisher-84653_bad-guy_as-an-actor-you-use-your-imagination-to_1511535.jpg)

> [I put a lot of time and energy and thought behind what I do and the characters that I create, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/billy-crudup/i-put-a-lot-of-time-and-energy-and-thought-behind-what-i-do-and-the/)

[Billy Crudup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/billy-crudup/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/53a/billy-crudup-23639_audience_i-put-a-lot-of-time-and-energy-and-thoug_1770926.png)

> [“Listen to the characters that you create. They have a lot to say and they’re smarter than you think.” — Christy King”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/christy-king/listen-to-the-characters-that-you-create-they-have-a-lot-to-say-and/)

[Christy King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/christy-king/)

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> [The characters that I create are parts of myself and I send them on little missions to find out what I don’t…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gail-godwin/the-characters-that-i-create-are-parts-of-myself-and-i-send-them-on/)

[Gail Godwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gail-godwin/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/587/gail-godwin-13566_character_the-characters-that-i-create-are-parts-o_700487.jpg)

> [As a writer of fiction, you don't ever want to limit the characters you create to the life you've lived. That's insanity…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/courtney-a-kemp/as-a-writer-of-fiction-you-don-t-ever-want-to-limit-the-characters/)

[Courtney A. Kemp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/courtney-a-kemp/)

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> [When I create characters, I create a world to inhabit and they begin to feel very real for me. I don't belong…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lois-lowry/when-i-create-characters-i-create-a-world-to-inhabit-and-they-begin/)

[Lois Lowry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lois-lowry/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a24/lois-lowry-978_character_when-i-create-characters-i-create-a-worl_1591239.png)

> [While I've written in the POV (point of view) of adolescent characters before... I never have had to create novels in which…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-george/while-i-ve-written-in-the-pov-point-of-view-of-adolescent-characters/)

[Elizabeth George](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-george/)

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> [“We never end up with the book we began writing. Characters twist it and turn it until they get the life that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-k-webb/we-never-end-up-with-the-book-we-began-writing-characters-twist-it/)

[C.K. Webb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-k-webb/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4a2/c-k-webb-225406_book_we-never-end-up-with-the-book-we-began-w_851649.jpg)

> [I think that those of us who are ordinary disappear easily into the backdrop of life and we take things for granted.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-abani/i-think-that-those-of-us-who-are-ordinary-disappear-easily-into-the/)

[Chris Abani](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-abani/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/177/chris-abani-7393_backdrop_i-think-that-those-of-us-who-are-ordinar_825910.jpg)

> [Writers must be fair and remember even bad guys (most of them, anyway) see themselves as good—they are the heroes of their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-king/writers-must-be-fair-and-remember-even-bad-guys-most-of-them-anyway/)

[Stephen King](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-king/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e7c/stephen-king-13_art-of-life_writers-must-be-fair-and-remember-even-b_3029517.jpg)

> [“An author has to fit into the skin of her characters, to imagine being trapped by unfortunate and sometimes violent circumstances she…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/loretta-h-marion/an-author-has-to-fit-into-the-skin-of-her-characters-to-imagine-being/)

[Loretta H. Marion](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/loretta-h-marion/)

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