Character Quote by Evelyne Brochu

Without a conscious effort, all of my plays have all featured gay characters. I'm proud of that.

— Stephen Karam

I had seen the gay social chronicle done abundantly and done very well. And I didn't want to do any more of that myself,…

— Christopher Rice

I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a great way…

— Alan Ball

I love it when novels contain a broad cast of characters, including queer ones.

— Emma Donoghue

“Transformational Fiction teaches how to assess, understand, and heal sexuality.”

— Anne Stirling Hastings Ph. D

As long as it comes across, the characters are well-served, the stories are good, and people like it, that's it for me. I'm a…

— Jim Cummings

Creatively, I just like interesting characters. So straight, gay, or whatever - like, whatever, wherever the characters are coming from or their lifestyle.

— Dee Rees

I couldn't imagine a book with many characters in it and one of them not being gay. It would have felt like a glaring…

— Ayana Mathis

If you write fiction, you have to love your characters. It's like your family. You don't have to like them, but you have to…

— Douglas Coupland

Right now I just want to play good roles, and if the role happens to be a gay man, that's not of any import…

— Chris Pine

I think if someone could demonstrate to me that fiction did no good, I would still do it, because I think it does good…

— George Saunders

I think it's really important to depict complex, flawed LGBT characters, because we are all connected by our humanity.

— Kit Williamson