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title: "24 Writing Characters Quotes by 24 authors"
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> [I tend to like writing characters that are not typical heroes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/n-k-jemisin-2/i-tend-to-like-writing-characters-that-are-not-typical-heroes/)

[N. K. Jemisin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/n-k-jemisin-2/)

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> [I used to say I wasn't interested in writing about characters.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/emma-healey/i-used-to-say-i-wasn-t-interested-in-writing-about-characters/)

[Emma Healey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/emma-healey/)

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> [“There's a certain magic about writing even when the characters refuse to act the way I want them to.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gloria-bevan/there-s-a-certain-magic-about-writing-even-when-the-characters-refuse/)

[Gloria Bevan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gloria-bevan/)

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> [Being a screenwriter for a comedy, you're writing for characters in them in their voice. I could write anyone.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/craig-mazin/being-a-screenwriter-for-a-comedy-you-re-writing-for-characters-in/)

[Craig Mazin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/craig-mazin/)

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> [So much of writing is about what characters don't say, and in the early drafts, sometimes things get overwritten.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-hedges/so-much-of-writing-is-about-what-characters-don-t-say-and-in-the/)

[Peter Hedges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-hedges/)

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> [“Good writing is made up of characters who are bigger than their circumstances.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-knight/good-writing-is-made-up-of-characters-who-are-bigger-than-their/)

[Michael Knight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-knight/)

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> [Plotting is difficult for me, and always has been. I do that before I actually start writing, but I always do characters,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-george/plotting-is-difficult-for-me-and-always-has-been-i-do-that-before-i/)

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

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> [“If your characters write your story, rather than you writing your characters, it's like your dog taking YOU for a walk. Don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessica-bell/if-your-characters-write-your-story-rather-than-you-writing-your/)

[Jessica Bell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessica-bell/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/jessica-bell-41905_story-writing_if-your-characters-write-your-story-rath_27331.jpg)

> [That's the whole point of writing to me - I put my characters under incredible duress, and from that comes their truth.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/r-a-salvatore-2/that-s-the-whole-point-of-writing-to-me-i-put-my-characters-under/)

[R. A. Salvatore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/r-a-salvatore-2/)

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> [It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryce-dallas-howard/it-was-such-a-paradox-for-me-that-the-only-thing-i-know-how-to-do-is/)

[Bryce Dallas Howard](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryce-dallas-howard/)

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> [I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-meriwether/i-just-want-to-keep-writing-characters-who-are-interesting-and/)

[Elizabeth Meriwether](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-meriwether/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7e3/elizabeth-meriwether-20318_blues_i-just-want-to-keep-writing-characters-w_783243.png)

> [When I write songs, I try to remove myself a little bit. Obviously, they're very personal to me, but it feels easier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hozier/when-i-write-songs-i-try-to-remove-myself-a-little-bit-obviously-they/)

[Hozier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hozier/)

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> [When it comes to writing characters, whether men or women, I think a good writer writes good characters. I know many men…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/zoya-akhtar/when-it-comes-to-writing-characters-whether-men-or-women-i-think-a/)

[Zoya Akhtar](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/zoya-akhtar/)

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> [When you're working with a smaller budget I suppose one of the things that has to be in your mind when you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/atom-egoyan/when-you-re-working-with-a-smaller-budget-i-suppose-one-of-the-things/)

[Atom Egoyan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/atom-egoyan/)

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> [I don't think there is a need of the categorization 'woman writing'. I think in some sense writers lost their gender when…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anita-nair/i-don-t-think-there-is-a-need-of-the-categorization-woman-writing-i/)

[Anita Nair](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anita-nair/)

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> [When you start writing, you have your characters on a metaphorical paved road, and as they go down it, all these other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/quentin-tarantino/when-you-start-writing-you-have-your-characters-on-a-metaphorical/)

[Quentin Tarantino](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/quentin-tarantino/)

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> [The thing with videogame characters is that they tend to be really undercooked, and people don't take the time to really flesh…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rhianna-pratchett/the-thing-with-videogame-characters-is-that-they-tend-to-be-really/)

[Rhianna Pratchett](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rhianna-pratchett/)

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> [I like writing characters that seem different from one another. So if you were to hypothetically look at a bunch of lines…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-soule/i-like-writing-characters-that-seem-different-from-one-another-so-if/)

[Charles Soule](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-soule/)

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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/)

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> [I think that comes with a collaboration with the writers. I think that we get cast in edgier roles because we are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judy-greer/i-think-that-comes-with-a-collaboration-with-the-writers-i-think-that/)

[Judy Greer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judy-greer/)

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> [One piece of advice I have is: Want something else more than success. Success is a lovely thing, but your desire to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/veronica-roth/one-piece-of-advice-i-have-is-want-something-else-more-than-success/)

[Veronica Roth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/veronica-roth/)

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> [I've been in the industry for 15 years, and I knew all the pieces that needed to be included to make a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/butch-hartman/i-ve-been-in-the-industry-for-15-years-and-i-knew-all-the-pieces-that/)

[Butch Hartman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/butch-hartman/)

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> [In my early writing, all of my characters were exactly the same person. They all spoke the same, made the same types…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dashner/in-my-early-writing-all-of-my-characters-were-exactly-the-same-person/)

[James Dashner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dashner/)

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> [Let's stop reflexively comparing Chinese writers to Chinese writers, Indian writers to Indian writers, black writers to black writers. Let's focus on…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/celeste-ng/let-s-stop-reflexively-comparing-chinese-writers-to-chinese-writers/)

[Celeste Ng](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/celeste-ng/)

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