Assuming Quote by Barbara Park

Junie B. Jones. The B stands for Beatrice. Except, I don't like Beatrice. I just like B and that's all.

— Barbara Park

Every character I do is based on someone I know.

— Tracey Ullman

Sometimes minor characters are based on people I know, on friends of mine. But I'm not writing a thinly veiled version of my own…

— Cassandra Clare

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

— Dav Pilkey

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

— Julian Barnes

I'd always assumed I was the central character in my own story, but now it occured to me I might in fact be only…

— Russell Hoban

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

— MacKenzie Scott

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

I always wanted to be Jo in 'Little Women.' She's a bit reckless and feckless, always getting into trouble like me. But I'm probably…

— Sue Townsend

People always tell me I'm nothing like my character. Well, hopefully not! He's a character who's very defined. He was purposefully written by Jo…

— Tom Felton

A lot of my characters are born out of a small grain in a person that I heighten and take to that next level.…

— Lauren Lapkus