Character Quote by David Corbett

When I'm writing from a character's viewpoint, in essence I become that character; I share their thoughts, I see the world through their eyes…

— George R. R. Martin

The way I navigate scenes is through what I perceive to be the emotional truth of the character: what he wants from moment to…

— Ben Bass

With every character, the first thing I want to feel is empathy.

— Jonathan Groff

I've thought a lot about the power of empathy. In my work, it's the current that connects me and my actual pulse to a…

— Meryl Streep

“When writing, there are some scenes that are emotionally overwhelming. They completely overcome the author, and only when they do this can they cause…

— Dean F. Wilson

Since I am first of all a character writer, that character's emotions are as vivid to me as my own. I always begin with…

— S. E. Hinton

I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image.

— Michael Chabon

I have a huge emotional attachment to characters I've created, especially the viewpoint characters.

— George R. R. Martin

Anything that's different from your own realm of experience as a human being, whether it's driving a car or a boat, or using guns,…

— Colin Farrell

I try to write characters that are as real, emotionally and psychologically, as I can make them; I feel the same way about setting.…

— Lauren Oliver

The last thing I want is that sense of artifice - rather I want the reader drawn into the story and lost in it…

— Steve Erickson

You can start imagining all kinds of things characters would feel, but you have to have a sense of whether those imaginings might be…

— Jennifer Egan