Character Quote by Ellen Glasgow

Writing can give full meaning to characters and avoid pure stereotype.

— James Earl Jones

All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

— Robert Holdstock

We should write, above all, because we are writers, whether we call ourselves that or not.

— Julia Cameron

I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.

— Nicholas Sparks

When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.

— Ernest Hemingway

I write what I can. I think being able to write like Michael Connelly and have a character that goes from novel to novel,…

— Henry Rollins

Your character that you create in your writing not only represents who you are, but also represents a number of people who you've met…

— Grant Morrison

I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.

— Aziz Ansari

Writing is about culture and should be about everything. That's what makes it what it is.

— Irvine Welsh

I like writing about women, weak and strong, pathetic and heroic. I like writing about men, ditto. And all the variants of men and…

— Tanith Lee

Each character requires different language, and these issues become inseparable. You have all these balls in the air: language, character, narrative. For me, the…

— Dana Spiotta

Each character you play has its own set of characteristics, for want of a better word.

— Douglas Booth