Book Quote by James Howe

I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves; the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was like that.

— Markus Zusak

I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?'…

— Irvine Welsh

And when I'm writing, I write a lot anyway. I might write pages and pages of conversation between characters that don't necessarily end up…

— Norton Juster

Writing from a character is really fun - sometimes you can be more honest through somebody else's perspective.

— Willy Mason

We all want to write the kind of book that we want to read. If you put in the things that you are thinking…

— Meg Wolitzer

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

— Louis Sachar

I put a lot of myself into my characters when I write.

— Alison Tyler

Some days I wish I were a character from a book with set lines to say and the best possible ending written out for…

— Melchor Lim

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.

— Robert Englund

I write easily, let's put it that way. And in a novel particularly, the characters take over. And they tell me what to say…

— Andrew Greeley

I like to write characters that feel like people that I would know.

— Anna Todd

Sometimes I wonder if I'm a character being written, or if I'm writing myself.

— Marilyn Manson