Book Quote by David Mitchell

My books are primarily plot driven but the best plot in the world is useless if you don't populate them with characters that readers…

— Jeffery Deaver

Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are…

— Lauren Myracle

I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in…

— Jim Jarmusch

I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.

— Steven Soderbergh

The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has…

— Candace Camp

Character, I think, is the single most important thing in fiction. You might read a book once for its interesting plot—but not twice.

— Diana Gabaldon

I'm not an enormous proponent of plot as a reader. It's about other things; my reading has become specialized over the years.

— Patrick deWitt

Any writer would rather dig into character than dig into fancy plots.

— Michael Connelly

“I read and write for character. If I like and can relate to the characters in a story I can enjoy any kind of…

— Charles de Lint

I believe in plot, in development of character, in the effect of the passage of time, in a good story - better than something…

— John Irving

Characters are the key to a good book. It took me several novels to comprehend that.

— Michael Morpurgo

Plots are artificial. Does your life have a plot? It has characters. There is a narrative. There's a lot of story, a lot of…

— Richard Linklater