Character Quote by Alex Garland

I've always written stuff based on personal experience, but I've always disguised it by the use of characters.

— Sune Rose Wagner

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

— Aziz Ansari

My work is to know the characters intimately and to tell their story.

— Julianna Baggott

If you're not writing your own story, you're a character in someone else's.

— Chris Brogan

Never settle for being a character in someone else's story when you are meant to be the author of your own.

— Pacifiersucker

What I try to do with any of my stories, any of my novels, is make them feel very original.

— Nicholas Sparks

We have a writing process that's very much you try to create the character in a complicated way and then you let the story…

— Aaron Ehasz

I very much write from characters. Those people start speaking, and then I have them in the house with me and I live with…

— Wendy Wasserstein

Usually with film writing I start with characters, and set about writing their story.

— Billy Bob Thornton

That's been my main interest for the last 15 years, is to really make sure the story and the characters take precedence over everything…

— Daniel Clowes

Once you're involved in the work, it's really just you and the characters and the words.

— Edwidge Danticat

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