Character Quote by Dana Spiotta

The thing I do at the beginning is a "voice journal," a free form doc that is the character speaking to me. I just…

— James Scott Bell

I'm much more comfortable speaking through my characters' voices than my own.

— Amy Adams

Writers have to have a knack for listening. I need to be able to hear what is being said to me by the voices…

— Jeanette Winterson

It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way.

— Nell Freudenberger

Sometimes I hear a voice - sometimes it's the voice of someone I know. And sometimes that leads to a character, which leads to…

— Sara Shepard

I try not to think too much about where my voice comes from. I'm channeling characters and emotion to come up with beautiful words…

— Gin Wigmore

I can't really do characters. I don't do voices.

— David Baddiel

I do voices. I can sound like a man or cartoon character. I also have very believable Spanish and English accents.

— Jessie James Decker

If I speak with a character’s voice it is because that character’s become so much part of me that … I think I have…

— André Brink

Many of my characters first came through to me as voices. That's why I use a tape recorder.

— William S. Burroughs

Your voice is your tool and represents you. It's very important to have a good voice where you can be understood.

— Jacqueline Bisset

If you want anybody to have a different voice, you really have to visualize and hear the voices of all these people. Sometimes when…

— Billy Bob Thornton