Character Quote by Elihu Burritt

“We are ourselves the shapers and directors of the characters and the characteristics of some whom we meet or reach. This thought ought to…

— Anonymous

I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do. I end up writing not…

— Akira Kurosawa

One nourishes one's created characters with one's own substance: it's rather like the process of gestation. To give the character life, or to give…

— Marguerite Yourcenar

In creative writing, I teach that characters arise out of our need for them.

— Marlon James

Our character must come not only from what we received; but our character must come from what we envision to create.

— Anonymous

The characters have their own lives and their own logic, and you have to act accordingly.

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

Because characters are your creations, you are the one who ultimately gets to decide their fate.

— Alexandra Adornetto

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that…

— Francine Rivers

You and I are characters in God's Story, handmade by Him. Every character serves a purpose.

— Randy Alcorn

I create each character as an individual, coming from a certain place, sounding a certain way, having been introduced to things a certain way.

— Martin Landau

It is not the events in our life that define our character, but how we deal with them.

— Eric Heiden

Characters are not created by writers. They pre-exist and have to be found.

— Elizabeth Bowen