Character Quote by Amy Hempel

I'm first and foremost interested in the story, the characters.

— David Lean

I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.

— Sara Zarr

It's the writer's job to stage confrontations, so the characters will say surprising and revealing things, and educate and entertain us all.

— Kurt Vonnegut

I'm interested in telling the character's story, not my beliefs, political or otherwise.

— Sarah Paulson

In terms of what's going to actually happen to me in the story, down towards the end of the season, I'm dying to know,…

— Peter Jacobson

I always look for good stories and good characters, and if they're placed in a whodunit, then I'm interested.

— Joel Kinnaman

I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching.

— Neil LaBute

I believe that the writer should tell a story. I believe in plot. I believe in creating characters and suspense.

— Ernest Gaines

And meanwhile, the storytellers like me and Anderson, Silverberg... we tell stories. People like them. They want to know how it comes out, they…

— Jerry Pournelle

As a writer, I'm more interested in what people tell themselves happened rather than what actually happened.

— Kazuo Ishiguro

Film-makers must decide what story to tell and how to tell it.

— Jack Valenti

You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion.

— Todd Lieberman