Character Quote by Francine Rivers

Unlike life, you've got more or less complete control over what's going on in your stories. That's not to say you can make characters…

— Paul Kane

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

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

— Isaac Bashevis Singer

That's been my main interest for the last 15 years, is to really make sure the story and the characters take precedence over everything…

— Daniel Clowes

I don't have to live the lives of my characters to write about them. It's about really putting yourself in their shoes.

— Jodi Picoult

Characters are so important to a story that they actually decide where the story is going. When I write, I know my characters. I…

— E. L. Konigsburg

In fiction the story lives the more everyone comes to life, the more each character seems to exist in his or her own right.

— Brian Boyd

When you have a set of characters, you have to fall in love with them and care about them as each individual character.

— Tina Fey

You always want to put your character through different experiences and see how it shapes their worldview.

— Mary Wiseman

Character is the result of hundreds and hundreds of choices you make that gradually turn who you are, at any given moment, into who…

— Jim Rohn

I was attempting to write the story of my life. It wasn't so much about plot. It was much more about character.

— David Levithan

Building a relationship with the character. It's just like sitting with someone you know. It's very easy to predict when they're going to shake…

— Ottessa Moshfegh