Create Quote by Colson Whitehead

My history is that I will create a character, and they will have a book to themselves, and then I'll integrate the character into…

— Michael Connelly

I separate myself from my characters as much as possible, but I have these books that I create which are interactive diaries/timelines/memory books/pictures of…

— Sydney Sweeney

I work very hard on finding good characters who can explain things to me, and I use them to help tell the story. I…

— Michael Pollan

Imagine a history teacher making history,

— Christa McAuliffe

[My characters are] conglomerations of past and present stages of civilization, bits from books and newspapers, scraps of humanity, rags and tatters of fine…

— August Strindberg

Well, I think it can be quite helpful to be working on a character who actually existed, historically. Of course, you might have material…

— Gaspard Ulliel

That's been my main interest for the last 15 years, is to really make sure the story and the characters take precedence over everything…

— Daniel Clowes

For the collection, I am like a painter or a writer. I may or may not be a character in my own story.

— Sonia Rykiel

One of the challenges is creating characters. I am trying to compose my sentences to express epic events happening to ordinary people.

— Andrea Hirata

Before I ever begin writing a new story, I have to sketch my characters out on paper. It's part of my process of understanding…

— Marie Lu

Find the story, Granny Weatherwax always said. She believed that the world was full of story shapes. If you let them, they controlled you.…

— Terry Pratchett

I don't think you can teach someone how to come up with good characters or a story.

— Thomas Lennon