Characters Quotes

2913 quotes by 2038 authors

You need characters who want things. They want love, they want recognition, they want happiness. — Candace Bushnell
The goal, I suppose, any fiction writer has, no matter what your subject, is to hit the human heart and the tear ducts and the… — Tim O'Brien
I love it when novels contain a broad cast of characters, including queer ones. — Emma Donoghue
You do get fond of your characters. Handing them on is like giving a child to a nanny. — Julian Fellowes
In my older songs, I used to hide behind fictional characters to deflect attention away from myself. — Unknown Author
The horror aspect, the scary parts, are easy for me. I mean, I can get into that pretty easy, because I get scared. You have… — Taissa Farmiga
I was very fortunate that my first novel captivated the imaginations of so many readers who asked for a sequel. After that, one book led… — Jennifer Chiaverini
The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be. — Stewart O'Nan
Increasingly I think of myself as some strange and solitary conductor, introduced to a group of very dynamic musicians who happen to be my characters,… — Colum McCann
Fiction allows you to embody certain ideas and give them an emotional reality. The characters allow you to get close viscerally to an idea. — Anne Michaels
My mother saw a movie when she was 14 years old. I forget the name of the movie, but one of the lead characters was… — Lark Voorhies
I like dialogue in novels. I wanted to avoid laying history on with a trowel - appearing to be lecturing, as opposed to the characters… — Elliot Perlman
All novels must be autobiographical because I am the only material that I know. All of the characters are me. But at the same time,… — John Banville
I might not write fiction in the literary sense. But I write very well. My characters are good. My dialogue is good. And my stories… — Joy Fielding
I love thinking of movie stars who could play the characters in the books I write. — Kathryn Lasky
My books are love stories at core, really. But I am interested in manifestations of love beyond the traditional romantic notion. In fact, I seem… — Khaled Hosseini
Ultimately, my books are not about the politics, although the toil and the struggle and the wars in Afghanistan have a significant impact on the… — Khaled Hosseini
I find my characters and stories in many varied places; sometimes they pop out of newspaper articles, obscure historical texts, lively dinner party conversations and… — Lynn Nottage
I think kids want the same thing from a book that adults want - a fast-paced story, characters worth caring about, humor, surprises, and mystery.… — Rick Riordan
I loved math and science. It just made sense to me. But my hatred for world history has come to bite me in the butt… — Kara Lindsay

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