Character Quote by Charles de Lint

I'm not in the business of meddling with people's destinies - and yes, my characters are real people to me. They have histories and…

— Jonathan Evison

To me, my characters are more real than most people I meet.

— Wilbur Smith

When I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters.…

— Stephenie Meyer

My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.

— S. E. Hinton

I treat all my characters as if they were real, and I am scrupulous about the details of their lives.

— Kathryn Lasky

My characters are quite as real to me as so-called real people; which is one reason why I'm not subject to what is known…

— William S. Burroughs

All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can…

— Stephenie Meyer

When I create characters, I create a world to inhabit and they begin to feel very real for me. I don't belong in a…

— Lois Lowry

I have many characters inspired from real life.

— Vivek Agnihotri

I'm not saying I talk to cartoon characters all the time, but the characters are very real to me. In a very non-insane way.

— Paul Dini

Sometimes I don't know whether I'm real or whether I'm a character in one of my novels.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I always talk about my characters like they're real people.

— Dakota Fanning