--- title: "1 Characters Tend Quotes By Peter Orner" description: "1 Characters Tend quotes by Peter Orner. Plus more from Peter Orner and more Characters Tend sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/peter-orner-12957_character_my-characters-tend-to-be-people-who-are_2791975.png" --- > [My characters tend to be people who are looking back on a life lived, their joys, their regrets.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/my-characters-tend-to-be-people-who-are-looking-back-on-a-life-lived/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/peter-orner-12957_character_my-characters-tend-to-be-people-who-are_2791975.png) ## More by Peter Orner > [“The lake is always east. East is always the lake. Anywhere else he's ever been he never knows where he is.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/the-lake-is-always-east-east-is-always-the-lake-anywhere-else-he-s/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [“For we are like olives: only when we are crushed do we yield what is best in us.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/for-we-are-like-olives-only-when-we-are-crushed-do-we-yield-what-is/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [Rarely is the pain of losing someone expressed with such directness, energy, and, yes, humor. The grief in Evan Kuhlman'sWolf Boyis palpable, and so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/rarely-is-the-pain-of-losing-someone-expressed-with-such-directness/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [I think some writers should wait for something to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/i-think-some-writers-should-wait-for-something-to-say/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [I've spent so many years living in one place and imaging another.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/i-ve-spent-so-many-years-living-in-one-place-and-imaging-another/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [I'm pretty tight - I rewrite, in some cases, 70 to 80 times before I show it to people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/i-m-pretty-tight-i-rewrite-in-some-cases-70-to-80-times-before-i-show/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [I feel like there are too many words in the world, and I think silence is so much more powerful than the glut of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/i-feel-like-there-are-too-many-words-in-the-world-and-i-think-silence/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [I usually have a location and then I put the character there. I love place names. I think I'm tricking myself by being so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/i-usually-have-a-location-and-then-i-put-the-character-there-i-love/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [People have to follow their own strangeness. The minute they start making their own vision of the world flattened out so everyone can read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/people-have-to-follow-their-own-strangeness-the-minute-they-start/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [I revise and revise and revise. I'm not even sure "revise" is the right word. I work a story almost to death before it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/i-revise-and-revise-and-revise-i-m-not-even-sure-revise-is-the-right/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [“Considering the multitude of things that happen in any one person’s life, it seems fairly unlikely that those little boys remembered the incident for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/considering-the-multitude-of-things-that-happen-in-any-one-person-s/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [“Chicago does not go to the world, the world comes to Chicago! Who needs New York? Who has taller buildings than our tall buildings?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/chicago-does-not-go-to-the-world-the-world-comes-to-chicago-who-needs/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [We don't want emotion handed to us - that's not emotion. You have to build and come from the reader's soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/we-don-t-want-emotion-handed-to-us-that-s-not-emotion-you-have-to/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [I think anything we do - eating, walking down the street, online shopping - gives you another perspective on writing stories.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/i-think-anything-we-do-eating-walking-down-the-street-online-shopping/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) > [“Leo wondered what unknown sin they must have committed in some previous life to deserve this. The answer came the same way their feet…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/leo-wondered-what-unknown-sin-they-must-have-committed-in-some/) [Peter Orner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-orner/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters-tend/peter-orner/#itemlist", "name": "1 Characters Tend Quotes By Peter Orner", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "My characters tend to be people who are looking back on a life lived, their joys, their regrets.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Peter Orner" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-orner/my-characters-tend-to-be-people-who-are-looking-back-on-a-life-lived/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/peter-orner-12957_character_my-characters-tend-to-be-people-who-are_2791975.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/peter-orner-12957_character_my-characters-tend-to-be-people-who-are_2791975.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/peter-orner-12957_character_my-characters-tend-to-be-people-who-are_2791975.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“My characters tend to be people who are looking back on a life lived, their joys, their regrets.” — Peter Orner", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } } ] }, { "@type": "CollectionPage", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters-tend/peter-orner/#webpage", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters-tend/peter-orner/", "name": "Characters Tend Quotes by Peter Orner", "isPartOf": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#website" }, "mainEntity": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/characters-tend/peter-orner/#itemlist" }, "primaryImageOfPage": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f67/peter-orner-12957_character_my-characters-tend-to-be-people-who-are_2791975.png" }, "description": "1 Characters Tend quotes by Peter Orner. 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