All kinds Quote by David Levithan

All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

— Robert Holdstock

I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.

— Nicholas Sparks

Readers will stay with an author, no matter what the variations in style and genre, as long as they get that sense of story,…

— Dean Koontz

Everyone loves characters that are relatable or who have unique quirks or tragic flaws.

— Joe Madureira

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 characters don't all have to be likable, and they don't all have to be hateable. As long as it's interesting and you connect…

— Aaron Ehasz

I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write them convincingly.

— Ruth Ozeki

If you have great characters, then your reader becomes emotionally invested in those people.

— Lawrence Wright

All that matters to me as a reader are characters. I want characters to be real, authentic, and rounded. I will be digging into…

— Matt de la Pena

A reader doesn't really see the characters in a story; he feels them.

— Cornelia Funke

Generally, I think most of my writing tends to have some kind of magical element to it. That's the way I can access the…

— Aimee Bender

I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I've learned a lot of things about the…

— Ann Brashares