Author Quote by Arthur Phillips

Then again, the name, the associations with a writer's name, can add to the reader's entertainment and pleasure.

— Jonathan Ames

Names generate meaning in a short amount of space — they provoke thoughts, questions. That's something I like doing. Of course, you have to…

— Joshua Ferris

Sometimes I aid into the confusion by having my character's name be my name.

— Mindy Kaling

What's really fun is to write under different names.

— Tom Verlaine

I like straightforward names for my characters. When I get too symbolic with names or places, I start feeling like the characters and the…

— Tayari Jones

You've got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is,…

— Kurt Busiek

“What makes an author write under a different name ? Well, some may actually be criminals on the run, looking to make a bit…

— Rotimi Ogunjobi

Youve got to leave the reader with more than just a name and a costume - they need to know who the character is,…

— Kurt Busiek

An author's characters do what he wants them to do.

— W. E. B. Griffin

People are infinitely more interesting than characters that I come up with. Because the characters I come up with are basically combinations of people…

— Sarnath Banerjee

There is tremendous life and personality in a name. It should be at least as agonized over as any character trait.

— Travis Beacham

To a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character.

— Michael Emerson