Bits Quote by Charles de Lint

I think a setting is hugely important. I look at setting as a character with its own look, sound, history, quirks, goofy temperaments and…

— Deb Caletti

The easier you make it look, the more difficult it is. Creating characters out of nothing, and making them interesting - and that's another…

— Jackie Collins

You can't write good characters if you can't imagine what it's like being in another person's skin. And if you can imagine that, you…

— Patrick Rothfuss

Writers must be fair and remember even bad guys (most of them, anyway) see themselves as good—they are the heroes of their own lives.…

— Stephen King

I have to be entertained by what I'm writing, so a lot of my stuff has a goofiness or scatological quality. If these characters…

— Adam Rapp

Even when the characters are supposed to be accustomed to the wonder, I try to weave an air of awe and impressiveness corresponding to…

— H. P. Lovecraft

A lot of the characters I end up playing have a certain degree of glamour or sexiness, but I like it when you can…

— Erin Cummings

Generally, I think most of my writing tends to have some kind of magical element to it. That's the way I can access the…

— Aimee Bender

I'd like to think that what my style of writing is, is an attempt not so much to judge the characters that I'm writing…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

I'm more interested in character. Character comes out of the work. Style is applied or imposed on it.

— Elaine de Kooning

Of course I know my characters are unlikable sometimes or have prejudices. It's not as if I'm thinking they're so endearing all the time.…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

Settings are obviously important - and as a writer, you have to respect what was real at the time of the story you're writing.…

— Joan Lingard