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“The trick is to maintain a kind of naïve amazement at each instant of experience - but, as Montaigne learned, one of the best…

— Sarah Bakewell

There are a million little things, but one of the best ways to get to know characters is to just put them in situations…

— Greta Gerwig

I'm a very visual thinker, so the characters are running through my head, doing what they're doing when I'm writing them. And there'll be…

— Paul Dini

I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character's point of view is, with each person, and try to figure out…

— Katie Cassidy

Once you have your character sitting right there in your head, all you really need to do is wind them up, put them down,…

— Terry Pratchett

I focus on characters as individuals with attitudes and write each scene from a particular character's point of view. That way, even narrative passages…

— Elmore Leonard

Show the reader what the character thinks about, and then the reader will think about it too.

— George V. Higgins

Your protagonist is your reader’s portal into the story. The more observant he or she can be, the more vivid will be the world…

— Janet Fitch

When I'm working on my characters, that's something I pay a lot of attention to: how their body works, how they move, how they…

— Astrid Berges-Frisbey

This is a corny actor thing to say, but the first step is that you can't judge the character that you're playing. If it's…

— Tommy Dewey

I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in…

— Mercedes Lackey

With every movie I do and every day I go to work, my goal is not just to reach for difference, but also figure…

— Tony Scott