Athlete Quote by Frank Bruno

I don't want to write lines where characters tell me exactly how they feel; I want to see people talk about anything but their…

— Tobias Lindholm

An intuitive grasp of your character is formed by exploring scenes of profound emotional import-moments of overwhelming shame, joy, fear, pride, regret, forgiveness.

— David Corbett

Stories can be a jumping-off point to access the emotions and the sensations in the body.

— Tara Brach

I feel that discussing story-writing in terms of plot, character, and theme is like trying to describe the expression on a face by saying…

— Flannery O'Connor

I find it really hard to throw myself into something artistically where I'm making up a whole character and finding something for that character…

— Grimes

I wanted to give readers the feeling of knowing the characters, a mental image.

— Michael Chabon

I have a huge emotional attachment to characters I've created, especially the viewpoint characters.

— George R. R. Martin

Every story I write starts with a dilemma or a theme. Once I am convinced that this is the issue that is perturbing my…

— Siegfried Lenz

Before I ever begin writing a new story, I have to sketch my characters out on paper. It's part of my process of understanding…

— Marie Lu

You have to find something there that relates to the characters and reality on some level.

— Victor Garber

Anytime you look at someone in detail, you're putting the camera on that person. What I typically look for is one or two or…

— Erik Larson

A plot is like the bones of a person, not interesting like expression, or signs of experience, but the support of the whole.

— Ivy Compton-Burnett