There's a kind of acting that goes on in my head when I'm writing a character where I put myself in their… — Jeffrey Eugenides Copy Share Image
If you're writing on your own, each character is just you. It's just you. — Gabourey Sidibe Copy Share Image
I learned that comedy is born out of strong characters. I won't begin writing a character until I have a clear take… — Maria Semple Copy Share Image
I guess that in a lot of ways, my writing is more of a character to me than something that I feel… — Angel Olsen Copy Share Image
Writing from a character is really fun - sometimes you can be more honest through somebody else's perspective. — Willy Mason Copy Share Image
It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant… — Nell Freudenberger Copy Share Image
What I try to do in writing any character is to put myself in his position. — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
The world is full of novels in which characters simply say and do. There are certainly legitimate genres in which this is… — Ruth Park Copy Share Image
Where does a character come from? Because a character, at the end of the day, a character will be the combination of… — Brian Henson Copy Share Image
When I'm writing from a character's viewpoint, in essence I become that character; I share their thoughts, I see the world through… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
What I do in the writing of any character is to try to enter into the mind, heart and skin of a… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
I write from this tight third-person viewpoint, where each chapter is seen through the eyes of one individual character. When I'm writing… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
I've written about a lot of different things, but the whole idea of writing for another character is unusual for pop music...… — Randy Newman Copy Share Image
I don't see one as bring better or more literate than the other and there's a real buzz to not only writing… — Mark Millar Copy Share Image
When you are writing a character, what the character says is obviously crucial. But what the character doesn't say is absolutely as… — Frederick Busch Copy Share Image
I think in most cases, unless you're writing about a character who is garrulous, you say what you've got to say and… — Randy Newman Copy Share Image
There's a point I can get to where I start writing character and then through the dialogue, after all of this preparation,… — Charlie Kaufman Copy Share Image
I've never gone through the paces that writing textbooks sometimes recommend, such as writing out a character's biography, or determining what his… — Teddy Wayne Copy Share Image
“What I do in writing of any character is to try to enter into the mind, heart, and skin of a human… — Eudora Welty Copy Share Image
Even when I'm writing in character I'm normally still writing about things I know or things that have happened to me or… — Karen Walker Copy Share Image
Writing, for me, when I'm writing in the first-person, is like a form of acting. So as I'm writing, the character or… — Sheila Heti Copy Share Image
Every so often when I'm writing, a character might actually be a distinct person in my head - often not an actor… — Callie Khouri Copy Share Image
“Structure 19. You worried about structure when you came up with your story! If you did, I’m sorry. You missed some of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If you're writing about a character, if he's a powerful character, unless you give him vulnerability I don't think he'll be as… — Stan Lee Copy Share Image
The things that have always drawn me to the craft of writing is character, it's story, it's something that becomes like a… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
“Things that only a writer would understand—you’re writing a character—you tell that character who she or he is and they stop you… — Lisa Marbly-Warir Copy Share Image
I think we need a superhero in India that needs a great amount of writing and character behind it. if someone manages… — Sidharth Malhotra Copy Share Image
I'm pulling out different aspects of my personality in writing each character and, if I'm doing my job well, I'm being true… — Bill Watterson Copy Share Image
I never outline my novels before I write. I do have a vague sense of beginning, middle, and end at the outset… — Emily Giffin Copy Share Image
