Being different Quote by Brad Thor

Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are…

— Lauren Myracle

The character can never be static from book to book. People might think you just come up with a new plot and stick this…

— Michael Connelly

Since I don't outline my books very much, I feel like sometimes I don't have a choice in what the characters do; they just…

— Anna Todd

I usually have a sense of where my characters are personally and ways in which they might transform throughout the novel. But I never…

— Lisa Lutz

I just like a good story. I want the story to be good and I want the character to be different than the last…

— Garret Dillahunt

With a novel, you have the reader with you a lot longer, and you owe him a lot more. Obviously you have to have…

— Dave Barry

“I read and write for character. If I like and can relate to the characters in a story I can enjoy any kind of…

— Charles de Lint

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

If you over-plot your book you strangle your characters. Your characters have to have enough freedom and life to be able to surprise you.

— Alan Lightman

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

— Alexander McCall Smith

Before I start, I trick myself into thinking I know what's going to happen in the story, but the characters have ideas of their…

— Neal Shusterman

Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story,…

— Dean Koontz