Character Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know…

— Cassandra Clare

What's the trick to writing a great female character? Make her human.

— Nicole Holofcener

If you get the characters right you've done sometimes nearly half the work. I sometimes find I get the characters right then the characters…

— Terry Pratchett

It's always hard for a writer to make herself into a character; I had to figure out what my defining characteristics were, and that's…

— Jesmyn Ward

Create a really interesting, complex person that you want to know more about, and take her on a journey that is rich and fulfilling…

— Frank Spotnitz

Character is what makes a person beautiful or ugly; average or unique; happy or sad.

— Harshal

Don't write about a character. Become that character, and then write your story.

— Ethan Canin

Writing a teen character is something I wanted to try again for a long time!

— Emily Giffin

Building a relationship with the character. It's just like sitting with someone you know. It's very easy to predict when they're going to shake…

— Ottessa Moshfegh

I always do a lot of work around characters to make them real people because, oftentimes, they really are a sliver of a person.…

— Andrea Riseborough

When it comes to writing characters, whether men or women, I think a good writer writes good characters. I know many men who, for…

— Zoya Akhtar

I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and…

— Callie Khouri