Characterization Quote by Erskine Caldwell

I'm not really a plot writer - I'm more interested in the characters and sort of small events that propel the story forward.

— Sara Zarr

I detest the word plot. I never, never think of plot. I think only and solely of character. Give me the characters; I'll tell…

— Stirling Silliphant

As regards plots I find real life no help at all. Real life seems to have no plots.

— Ivy Compton-Burnett

Plots are ... what the writer sees with.

— Eudora Welty

I look for absurdly simple plots so that I can simply focus on the characters. Having an understanding of what dialogue's easy to say…

— Taylor Sheridan

I want the situations and plots to be surprising and unusual.

— Arthur Bradford

Plots are artificial. Does your life have a plot? It has characters. There is a narrative. There's a lot of story, a lot of…

— Richard Linklater

I'm interested in character and dialogue and exchange of ideas.

— Alexander McCall Smith

I'm interested in characters and relationships.

— Dee Rees

I would say plotting is the most difficult thing for me. Characterization is only hard because sometimes I feel I get so interested in…

— Stephen King

I am always more interested in performance and character depiction, and my direction says as much.

— Lasse Hallstrom

I try not to divide plot and character. I get to know a character by what they want and fear and how those internal…

— Julianna Baggott