Amusement Quote by Alan Dean Foster

Every character I do is based on someone I know.

— Tracey Ullman

I think every character I've ever come up with has been based on someone or something I've known.

— Dav Pilkey

I think I write what's interesting to me, and so if I'm reading I like to have a very thorough idea of a character…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In…

— Rachel Kushner

All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have…

— Meg Cabot

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In…

— Rachel Kushner

My characters are based on people I know, but not in a direct way.

— MacKenzie Scott

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

— Nicholas Sparks

Very few of my characters are based on people I've known. It is too constricting.

— Julian Barnes

In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed.

— Gail Carson Levine

I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.

— Aziz Ansari

I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.

— Nicholas Sparks