Born Quote by Hayao Miyazaki

I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try to cut out…

— Anonymous

Characters are incredibly important, but I tend to build them around the plot during the outline stage. However, once I'm writing the manuscript, the…

— Aimee Carter

I try to outline. I'm a lazy outliner. I will put the points down of each chapter or series of chapters, but it always…

— Steve Toltz

I really become the characters when I'm writing them. I'll become one or two of them more than others, I'm consistent that way.

— Quentin Tarantino

We have a writing process that's very much you try to create the character in a complicated way and then you let the story…

— Aaron Ehasz

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

I start with characters, and then I start writing, and then, if I'm lucky, things start to happen.

— Susan Choi

I think about the characters I've created, and then I sit down and start typing and see what they will do. There's a lot…

— Tom Clancy

Once I start work on a project, I don’t stop and I don’t slow down unless I absolutely have to. If I don’t write…

— Stephen King

All the important drawings I do myself. Every single character is also done by me.

— Tite Kubo

“I write well-fleshed out characters, and inevitably, more ideas spring from my subconscious. They all have a little bit of me in them. It’s…

— Faye Kellerman

I'm a very visual thinker, so the characters are running through my head, doing what they're doing when I'm writing them. And there'll be…

— Paul Dini