Character Quote by Chris Terrio

The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they'd word…

— Dick Cavett

The way I write is really like putting one foot in front of the other. I really let the characters do most of the…

— Quentin Tarantino

I find it an easy way into writing pieces is to think what the character's voice is like, and start from there.

— Armando Iannucci

I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say…

— Andrew Greeley

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too…

— Jessica Cutler

You have to relax, write what you write. It sounds easy but it's really, really hard. One of the things it took me longest…

— Diane Setterfield

My process is pretty messy, and there's a lot of creative destruction in it. When I set out to write something, I'll write some…

— Jesse Andrews

Once you have your characters, they tell you what to write, you don't tell them.

— Alan Furst

People probably have different philosophies about this, but I think that when you're first shaping the play and trying to find a character, the…

— Lynn Nottage

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.

— Barbara Mertz

My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when I sit…

— Cynthia Voigt

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk.

— Jackie Collins