Character Quote by Billy West

I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.

— Steven Soderbergh

First comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot is simply…

— Robert Harris

I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in…

— Jim Jarmusch

Characters are story. And any great plot or subplot is driven by the characters' wants and desires.

— Robert Gregory Browne

Plots are artificial. Does your life have a plot? It has characters. There is a narrative. There's a lot of story, a lot of…

— Richard Linklater

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers…

— Jeffery Deaver

For me, there's a bad year of getting started on something. You write bad stuff and it's awkward to throw it out, and you…

— Whit Stillman

There are only so many plots in the world. It's how they unfold that makes them interesting.

— Lauren Beukes

I don't think plot as a plot means much today. I'd say that everybody has seen every plot twenty times. What they haven't seen…

— Howard Hawks

Finding the discipline, the motivation, the focus, the passion to sit down in front of a blank piece of paper or a blank computer…

— Ricky Schroder

“Plot grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about two people…

— Anne Lamott

When I'm writing a script, I don't worry about plot as much as I do about people. I get to know the main characters…

— Mel Brooks