Characters Quotes

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A short story is confined to one mood, to which everything in the story pertains. Characters, setting, time, events, are all subject to the mood.… — Eudora Welty
I don't think there's any great mystery to writing female characters, so long as you talk to them. If you lived in a monastery and… — Ken Follett
To say that Agatha Christieâ€™s characters are cardboard cut-outs is an insult to cardboard cut-outs. — Ruth Rendell
I do not allow fan-fiction. The characters are copyrighted. It upsets me terribly to even think about fan-fiction with my characters. I advise my readers… — Anne Rice
I like to create imaginary characters and events around a real historical situation. I want readers to feel: OK, this probably didn't happen, but it… — Ken Follett
In a novel, on the other hand, you not only have to describe the rooms, but the clothes, the characters and what they are thinking.… — Sidney Sheldon
I also try very hard to create characters - both heroes and villains - with psychological depth. — Jeffery Deaver
Never argue with your characters; they know themselves better than you do — Laurell K. Hamilton
My characters surprise me constantly. My characters are like my friends - I can give them advice, but they don't have to take it. If… — Laurell K. Hamilton
If people ever look down upon you for crying for fictional characters, you should give them a gentle, pitying look and feel bad for them.… — Cassandra Clare
Cool? Am I cool? I don't know, but I hope my characters are cool, in the sense of iconic. That's my job, at its very… — Jacques Audiard
Notable characters do not alone bear trouble; they use it. — Hugh B. Brown
I love the tradition of Dickens, where even the most minor walk-on characters are twitching and particular and alive. — Donna Tartt
Itâ€™s a very difficult era in which to be a person, just a real, actual person, instead of a collection of personality traits selected from… — Gillian Flynn
One of the things that happens in novels it's almost like a continual debate with yourself. That's why you're writing the book. It's why you… — Michael Ondaatje
To me to write well is to battle stereotypes. To write well is to create three-dimensional characters that seem human. — David Henry Hwang
I find it very hard to sit down and create an idea or especially a new character on command. Usually my characters evolve by accident… — John Kricfalusi
Basically the children who watch it just see the little characters they love, and so they're not discerning about whether it looks great or it's… — Don Bluth
Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other. — Nora Roberts
Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters. — Nora Roberts

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