“There's a certain magic about writing even when the characters refuse to act the way I want them to.” — Gloria Bevan Copy Share Image
Being a screenwriter for a comedy, you're writing for characters in them in their voice. I could write anyone. — Craig Mazin Copy Share Image
So much of writing is about what characters don't say, and in the early drafts, sometimes things get overwritten. — Peter Hedges Copy Share Image
“Good writing is made up of characters who are bigger than their circumstances.” — Michael Knight Copy Share Image
Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters,… — Elizabeth George Copy Share Image
“If your characters write your story, rather than you writing your characters, it's like your dog taking YOU for a walk. Don't… — Jessica Bell Copy Share Image
That's the whole point of writing to me - I put my characters under incredible duress, and from that comes their truth.… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first… — Bryce Dallas Howard Copy Share Image
I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film… — Elizabeth Meriwether Copy Share Image
When I write songs, I try to remove myself a little bit. Obviously, they're very personal to me, but it feels easier… — Hozier Copy Share Image
When it comes to writing characters, whether men or women, I think a good writer writes good characters. I know many men… — Zoya Akhtar Copy Share Image
When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you… — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
I don't think there is a need of the categorization 'woman writing'. I think in some sense writers lost their gender when… — Anita Nair Copy Share Image
When you start writing, you have your characters on a metaphorical paved road, and as they go down it, all these other… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
The thing with videogame characters is that they tend to be really undercooked, and people don't take the time to really flesh… — Rhianna Pratchett Copy Share Image
I like writing characters that seem different from one another. So if you were to hypothetically look at a bunch of lines… — Charles Soule Copy Share Image
“We never end up with the book we began writing. Characters twist it and turn it until they get the life that… — C.K. Webb Copy Share Image
I think that comes with a collaboration with the writers. I think that we get cast in edgier roles because we are… — Judy Greer Copy Share Image
One piece of advice I have is: Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
I've been in the industry for 15 years, and I knew all the pieces that needed to be included to make a… — Butch Hartman Copy Share Image
In my early writing, all of my characters were exactly the same person. They all spoke the same, made the same types… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
Let's stop reflexively comparing Chinese writers to Chinese writers, Indian writers to Indian writers, black writers to black writers. Let's focus on… — Celeste Ng Copy Share Image
