Capable Quote by Craig Johnson

If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation of their own works.

— John Dos Passos

I think even the characters that are fundamentally evil and wrong, I want people to really love them. I think that's important to writing…

— Mark Russell

Playing dysfunctional characters or crazy characters is only fun if they're well written. So I have been lucky enough to be asked to play…

— Gaby Hoffmann

I don't like characters who are either good or bad. I just don't experience that in life, so my writing hasn't evolved that way.

— Marti Noxon

People seem to need a likable protagonist more than ever.

— Daniel Clowes

I doubt that I could create a character I loathed simply because when a character takes life, it is impossible not to be a…

— Marilynne Robinson

The best character types are the ones you can be creative with and totally delve into...

— Noah Hathaway

At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why hopefully readers…

— Ally Carter

I've read a lot of really great characters in some really crappy stories, where I said, like, 'Boy I could shine here, but the…

— Matthew McConaughey

I have tried to create main characters who are drastically different from the types who generally appear in crime novels. Mikael Blomkvist, for instance,…

— Stieg Larsson

I don't want a perfect character, I want a character who has, as strange as it sounds, some humanity, some flaws, some needs.

— Nicolas Cage

I frustrate myself as a writer. There are certain things that I'll think, 'Well, that would be really fun to play... if somebody else…

— Lena Dunham