Character Quote by David Brooks

I find myself writing protagonists who do feel pretty cut off from others but who want to make connections and aren't very good at…

— Leni Zumas

Very often the characters people respond to best have little parts of reality they can relate to.

— Sara Sheridan

Sometimes you meet characters at certain points in your life and have a connection with them.

— Jessie Buckley

The characters I write about are very internal.

— Michael Connelly

Basically, I think that there are some characters that you can just allow the truth of your character as a human being in your…

— Edward James Olmos

I do tend to have characters that I guess are in some way loners or dealing with obstacles that they have to confront that…

— Craig Gillespie

Everybody claims they have relatable, connectable characters, but those claims often aren't true.

— David Walton

I believe in characters that can be tangible, and that you can actually relate to.

— Demian Bichir

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

To get a connection to your characters, you have to put them in a situation that you can feel yourself.

— Michael Connelly

You can have a very intense relationship with fictional characters because they are in your own head.

— Anonymous

The movies and TV shows I like to watch tend to put their characters in situations where they have to dig deeper.

— Kristin Bauer van Straten