Character Quote by Charlie Kaufman

The more you know about the world, the more resources you have in terms of things that can inform your character or the circumstances…

— Joe Morton

I write a lot about other people, like family and friends. I look at their lives and relationships and think, 'Well, if I was…

— Dionne Bromfield

I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.

— Aziz Ansari

My writing has a lot to do with who I am, and what my life is like, and my relationships to people.

— Paul Thomas Anderson

I think I have probably adjusted the way I see the world, I interpret the world and I communicate the world into book format…

— Jackie French

Taking on different characters and seeing things through the eyes of different people is interesting to me. When I look at what people are…

— Little Simz

You always want to put your character through different experiences and see how it shapes their worldview.

— Mary Wiseman

I concentrate on the lives of individuals whom the reader comes to know and feel with intimately.

— Helen Dunmore

And when I'm writing, I write a lot anyway. I might write pages and pages of conversation between characters that don't necessarily end up…

— Norton Juster

I try to write characters that are as real, emotionally and psychologically, as I can make them; I feel the same way about setting.…

— Lauren Oliver

People relate to my characters and see me in a different way. They identify with me and remember the nuances of my characters.

— Kartik Aaryan

I spent my life folded between the pages of books. In the absence of human relationships I formed bonds with paper characters. I lived…

— Tahereh Mafi