Quote by Diane Setterfield

“The storyteller gave me a sideways look. "Miss Lea, it doesn't do to get attached to these secondary characters. It's not their story. They…

— Diane Setterfield

“She's the main character in her story, just like I'm the main character in mine.”

— Marisa de los Santos

“We are part of someone’s story, not just the main character in our own.”

— Zara Hairston

“Sometimes we're so wrapped up in our own story that we don't see how we're supporting characters in someone else's.”

— Nathan Hill, The Nix

“...although stories are about characters, they're mostly about "character". There's a difference.”

— Morgan Parker

“I don't write stories, I write characters.”

— Bhavya Kaushik

“Great characters tell their own stories. The author just writes it down for them.”

— Molly Evangeline

“If the reader doesn't connect with your character, they are not going to connect with the story. I try to make my characters very…

— Stacy Thowe

“Accept the unknown. There are no secondary characters. Each one is silhouetted against the sky. All have the same stature. Within a given story…

— John Berger

“Never make someone else the main character in your own story.”

— J.M. Darhower

“My characters tell me how they feel about other characters and events and they demand that I write it down for them.”

— Lindsay Marene Ordone

“You know your characters are truly alive, when they start to write their own story and take you to places you didn't expect.”

— Joanne McDonnell