Believe Quote by Chuck Palahniuk

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

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

My characters seem real because they are drawn from the realities of my life. I didn't have to research their pain; I just tapped…

— Charles de Lint

The characters are whole, real people to me that I'm getting to know, and since real people are all flawed, so are my characters,…

— Sara Zarr

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

Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.

— Cornelia Funke

People that have to say they are real are never real! YOU CAN NOT BE REAL IF YOU HAVE TO KEEP SAYING IT. YOU…

— Merle Rutledge Jr

I believe in storytelling, not story-selling. I want people to believe the characters are real. So I'm a realist.

— Morgan Spurlock

I don't think about the stories so much, as the characters themselves. They live on, and they are almost as real as I am.

— Paul Auster

I wonder if it's in the nature of fiction writers to never quite see their own lives as 'real,' since we are always making…

— Julia Glass

I'm very interested in people, so if a character happens to be real, there's that much more to look at.

— Toby Jones