Book Quote by Diana Gabaldon

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

I'm certainly a plot and character man. Themes, structure, style - they're valid components of a novel and you can't complete the book without…

— David Mitchell

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

— Michael Morpurgo

Character is half the reason we read. We're excited because of the plot, but we care because of the characters.

— Patrick Rothfuss

The most important aspect of any story, to me, is character.

— Nora Roberts

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’ve always thought a novelist only has one character and that is himself or herself.

— John Gregory Dunne

I think I write what's interesting to me, and so if I'm reading I like to have a very thorough idea of a character…

— Curtis Sittenfeld

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

Reading fiction not only develops our imagination and creativity, it gives us the skills to be alone. It gives us the ability to feel…

— Ann Patchett

Good characters the reader cares about combined with an intriguing plot. Do those two and you've got it made.

— Bob Mayer

The great thing about literature is that you're making up your own interpretation of the character anyway. Also, you're given basically a bible of…

— Jamie Campbell Bower