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title: "7 Start Character Quotes by 7 authors"
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image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e61/alin-sav-821_big-business_you-want-to-build-a-big-business-start-w_519989.jpg"
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> [“You want to build a big business? Start with your character.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alin-sav/you-want-to-build-a-big-business-start-with-your-character/)

[Alin Sav](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alin-sav/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e61/alin-sav-821_big-business_you-want-to-build-a-big-business-start-w_519989.jpg)

> [No, you don't have to start your play with a premise. You can start with a character or an incident, or even…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lajos-egri/no-you-don-t-have-to-start-your-play-with-a-premise-you-can-start/)

[Lajos Egri](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lajos-egri/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a74/lajos-egri-57579_character_no-you-don-t-have-to-start-your-play-wit_1240122.jpg)

> [For us, we just start with the character. We think of Stifler, and that usually just leads to something that's outrageous.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jon-hurwitz/for-us-we-just-start-with-the-character-we-think-of-stifler-and-that/)

[Jon Hurwitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jon-hurwitz/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb7/jon-hurwitz-43014_character_for-us-we-just-start-with-the-character_1315529.jpg)

> [To me the voice has always been the way to start any character. Once I find that, I'm good to go.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lucy-alibar/to-me-the-voice-has-always-been-the-way-to-start-any-character-once-i/)

[Lucy Alibar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lucy-alibar/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d65/lucy-alibar-34888_always_to-me-the-voice-has-always-been-the-way_1383861.jpg)

> [If you start with character, you probably will end up with good drawings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chuck-jones/if-you-start-with-character-you-probably-will-end-up-with-good/)

[Chuck Jones](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chuck-jones/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c43/chuck-jones-9878_character_if-you-start-with-character-you-probably_1831642.jpg)

> [I tend to come up with people more than situations - most of my books start with a character.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jane-haddam/i-tend-to-come-up-with-people-more-than-situations-most-of-my-books/)

[Jane Haddam](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jane-haddam/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/754/jane-haddam-28119_book_i-tend-to-come-up-with-people-more-than_2107857.jpg)

> [I always have to start with a character that I can really hook into, and then build from there. I have writer…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/katie-wech/i-always-have-to-start-with-a-character-that-i-can-really-hook-into/)

[Katie Wech](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/katie-wech/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/342/katie-wech-85698_character_i-always-have-to-start-with-a-character_2247047.jpg)

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