Characters Quotes

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I come to writing from hearing great stories as a child in Louisiana, where the mark of a person was his or her ability to… — Rebecca Wells
The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories. — Rebel Wilson
I am most proud of the development of the characters as personalities that game players could relate to and care about. — Roberta Williams
I used to be an editor and I was editing young adult series. I didn't really like the books that I was reading, so I… — Cecily von Ziegesar
My biggest fear in writing 'Gossip Girl' was that the characters would sound like stereotypical rich, air-headed heiresses. These were my friends. They were smart… — Cecily von Ziegesar
Suffering is nature's way of indicating a mistaken attitude or way of behavior, and to the nonegocentric person every moment of suffering is the opportunity… — Rollo May
I think about the characters I've created and then I sit down and start typing and see what they will do. There's a lot of… — Tom Clancy
The more you are known, the more difficult it is to hide behind characters. — Vincent D'Onofrio
I really believe in the characters I play. — Minnie Driver
Some of my favorite characters that I've played have been very pompous because I love making fun of pompous people. — Kevin Kline
You have to play your characters, not like them. — John Malkovich
[Reviewing the New York City Telephone Directory] But it is the opinion of the present reviewer that the weakness of plot is due to the… — Robert Benchley
A creative person has to be alive. He can't borrow from things he's done in the past. He can't let his method choose his subjects… — John Steinbeck
The opposing missions of the various characters create the plot. — James N. Frey
... you should wait until the book is finished before making a judgment on its content. By the time you have gone through twenty drafts,… — Walter Mosley
When you start, it's very cold, an impossible task. But then maybe the characters start to take on a little bit of life, or the… — Stephen King
There are vast differences between scripts and stories, of course. Few fiction writers would want to give up the opportunity to explore how the minds… — Les Standiford
I would say plotting is the most difficult thing for me. Characterization is only hard because sometimes I feel I get so interested in it… — Stephen King
... We must remember that there's more than one story and plot in every novel. There are at least as many stories as there are… — Walter Mosley
I once had an editor advise me, as I was revising one of my early novels, to add more characters. I played around with the… — Elizabeth Sims

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