Acting Quote by Ben Feldman

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

— Louis Sachar

I often feel like that with the way I portray myself I come off as looking much worse than any of the other characters.…

— Marie Calloway

When you're writing, I think a big part of writing comes out of an attempt to understand yourself. You're dealing with emotions and thoughts…

— Sheila Heti

I always say I write my own novels and the characters don't take control of me, but in fact, I look at the characters…

— A. S. Byatt

I feel like I always learn when I'm writing, even when I'm not writing about myself. I'm careful not to judge; I try to…

— Sarah Gerard

I've always kind of ripped from real life to some degree or at least how I'm feeling in the moment. In fact, maybe that's…

— Kevin Smith

I'm so deeply interested in what it feels like to be other people that I get to operate under the illusion when I'm writing…

— Elizabeth Strout

After a while, the characters I'm writing begin to feel real to me. That's when I know I'm heading in the right direction

— Alice Hoffman

It's that kind of thing that readers have. I have it as a reader myself: that expectation that the writer will be that person.…

— Irvine Welsh

I try to write characters that are as real, emotionally and psychologically, as I can make them; I feel the same way about setting.…

— Lauren Oliver

When I try to understand somebody, create a character, I fall into them. When I think writers are telling me what to think, I…

— Hari Kunzru

Sometimes I wonder if I'm a character being written, or if I'm writing myself.

— Marilyn Manson