Character Quote by David E. Kelley

Characters make a show.

— Lorne Greene

Among adults, we can admit that of course, characters are creations. They aren't real people.

— Alain de Botton

When you write a show, every character is you to some extent.

— Courtney A. Kemp

My characters are like my children in a way. I create them, and then I worry about them forevermore.

— Elizabeth Berg

Characters I create are just mixtures of the people I know.

— Taika Waititi

Most characters are composed of snippets here and there of people I've known, and all rolled into the character I've created. They do become…

— Nicholas Sparks

When you just come into a show that's already established, you feel that they're family, and they have a way of doing things and…

— Teyonah Parris

You have to create characters - certainly in series TV - who people engage with. They don't have to be nice; you don't have…

— Michael Hirst

Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know…

— Cassandra Clare

Kids kill a show! It's, like, a fun concept when the character is pregnant, but then if a show runs for a while, I'm…

— Eliza Coupe

Traditionally, there's been a desire to make shows relatable so the maximum number of people would think of those characters as being recognizably like…

— Roy Price

The challenge in writing a show that's about people and their flaws is that it can easily tip over - okay, I'll sometimes watch…

— Paul Rust