Character Quote by Cornelia Funke

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

— Cornelia Funke

Fictional characters exist in only two places, neither of which is on the printed page. They exist, first, in the mind of the writer…

— Maren Elwood

I really, deeply believe in the primacy of character. I believe that my job as a writer is to put a believable human being…

— Ayana Mathis

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

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

Even if the character is something that seems ridiculous on paper, there's a human element to everything. Otherwise, we don't connect with it.

— Cody Rhodes

A reader doesn't really see the characters in a story; he feels them.

— Cornelia Funke

To me, my characters are more real than most people I meet.

— Wilbur Smith

It doesn't matter whether characters are real people or not; if they're not vivid on the page, then the reader doesn't care about them…

— Salman Rushdie

Sometimes I feel that the people I'm writing are more real to me than the people around me. When you take that imaginative leap,…

— Zoe Kazan

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

— Louis Sachar

All a writer's characters are imaginary, no matter whether they are based on real people or not. They are people as one imagines them…

— Allan Massie