Character Quote by Cassandra Clare

Where would David Copperfield be if Dickens had gone to writing classes? Probably about seventy minor characters short, is where. (Did you know that…

— Nick Hornby

Respect your characters, even the minor ones. In art, as in life, everyone is the hero of their own particular story; it is worth…

— Sarah Waters

I'm fortunate in that I'm what you call a utility player, in that I can take a scene, if there's five or six minor…

— Bob Bergen

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

Look at the Coen brothers. All their minor characters are as interesting as their protagonists. If the smaller characters are well-written, the whole world…

— Brendan Gleeson

Are you a minor character in my tale, or am I a lesser figure in yours?

— Jacqueline Carey

I talk about Breaking Bad being the most brilliant show ever, and even minor characters have subtle nuances and are fully drawn.

— Zach Anner

One thing that did give me pause for thought, when I told my female friends now that I was writing about a 13-year-old girl,…

— Allison Pearson

When I try to explain to people the big influences in my life, or at least when I first started, the most important ones…

— Conor Oberst

I was a nerdy kid and I was writing and showing other fellows who are still my friends what I was writing. We were…

— Alejandro Zambra

When I was in college, I used to write little ditties and short stories and poetry for my friends. Writing a book is another…

— Mario Batali

“Being friends as in writing letters was so much easier than being friends as in living together.”

— William Finnegan