Character Quote by Bill Konigsberg

Generally, I think most of my writing tends to have some kind of magical element to it. That's the way I can access the…

— Aimee Bender

I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write them convincingly.

— Ruth Ozeki

I always think about Faulkner, and I would argue that there can be a difference between the way that characters express themselves internally and…

— Jesmyn Ward

Readers embrace all kinds of characters as long as they are written with emotional truth.

— David Levithan

All my characters have been relatable.

— Kartik Aaryan

Everybody claims they have relatable, connectable characters, but those claims often aren't true.

— David Walton

Characterization requires a constant back-and-forth between the exterior events of the story and the inner life of the character.

— David Corbett

It can be a fictional character and yet relatable... It always depends on the content of the film and what you are doing.

— Kartik Aaryan

Writing from a character is really fun - sometimes you can be more honest through somebody else's perspective.

— Willy Mason

When you write a book, you want to have fidelity to the character. Characters and their emotions guide the structure of the novel.

— David Bezmozgis

A reader doesn't really see the characters in a story; he feels them.

— Cornelia Funke

The last thing I want is that sense of artifice - rather I want the reader drawn into the story and lost in it…

— Steve Erickson