I think Quote by Dustin Lance Black

I project myself so deeply into the characters in novels that I'm not thinking about my own life.

— Paul Auster

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'm hopefully making the reader feel a lot about the characters and then about their own life.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I look back at my career when I was younger and can connect what I was going through at the time with the characters…

— Jodie Foster

I leapt eagerly into books. The characters’ lives were so much more interesting than the lonely heartbeat of my own.

— Ruta Sepetys

Multiple characters' opinions on societal roles, as well as their perceptions of themselves and others, help me lose myself in whatever strange and wonderful…

— Sabaa Tahir

The characters I portray are an extension of what I've seen, heard, or read, and so what you see in my films are how…

— Fahadh Faasil

All my work is partly biographical. I mean, 'Crash' was absolutely that, absolutely. But you just wouldn't recognize me in most of those characters.…

— Paul Haggis

I love working fictional characters into a piece of history. It plays to my strengths, which are characterization and dialogue, and assists me in…

— Laurie Graham

For me, the lives of children and teens are interesting - they are always changing. There's just so much to sort through. All of…

— Renee Watson

I always think of my characters as alive human beings and try to generate questions around their life and understand their socio-political background. It…

— Abhishek Banerjee

I don't think it's a very nice idea [making biopic] at all. I don't think my life is that interesting.

— Kate Bush