Books Quote by F. Scott Fitzgerald

My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.

— S. E. Hinton

My characters seem real because they are drawn from the realities of my life. I didn't have to research their pain; I just tapped…

— Charles de Lint

Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.

— Cornelia Funke

To me, my characters are more real than most people I meet.

— Wilbur Smith

When I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can read that sincerity about the characters.…

— Stephenie Meyer

Sometimes, when I have to do something I don't want to do, I pretend I'm a character from a book. It's easier to know…

— Cassandra Clare

I've always kind of ripped from real life to some degree or at least how I'm feeling in the moment. In fact, maybe that's…

— Kevin Smith

My characters are quite as real to me as so-called real people; which is one reason why I'm not subject to what is known…

— William S. Burroughs

I'm not in the business of meddling with people's destinies - and yes, my characters are real people to me. They have histories and…

— Jonathan Evison

I'm not a character in any of my books.

— Truman Capote

Sometimes my characters are not myself.

— Umberto Eco

All I can guess is that when I write, I forget that it's not real. I'm living the story, and I think people can…

— Stephenie Meyer