Argument Quote by Danzy Senna

I focus on characters as individuals with attitudes and write each scene from a particular character's point of view. That way, even narrative passages…

— Elmore Leonard

Writing from a character is really fun - sometimes you can be more honest through somebody else's perspective.

— Willy Mason

If you're not writing your own story, you're a character in someone else's.

— Chris Brogan

Characters are so important to a story that they actually decide where the story is going. When I write, I know my characters. I…

— E. L. Konigsburg

What I try to do in writing any character is to put myself in his position.

— Bill Watterson

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too…

— Jessica Cutler

I use a lot of narration; I have a very prosaic style. I like to get you invested in the character first and do…

— Scott Snyder

There are definitely parts of me in most of the protagonists I write, but I find a bit of distance can be useful, so…

— John K. Samson

What I do in the writing of any character is to try to enter into the mind, heart and skin of a human being…

— Eudora Welty

When you're writing, I think a big part of writing comes out of an attempt to understand yourself. You're dealing with emotions and thoughts…

— Sheila Heti

I'm pulling out different aspects of my personality in writing each character and, if I'm doing my job well, I'm being true to the…

— Bill Watterson

There are very few works of fiction that take you inside the heads of all characters. I tell my writing students that one of…

— Julia Glass