Books Quote by Jaume Cabre

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

When we approach characters, we don't have their full story in mind right off the bat. Through the writing process we raise questions about…

— Anna Boden

I do extensive research before I begin writing, but only a fraction of the research goes into the novels. The writer does not need…

— Edward Rutherfurd

You want to feel that your reader does identify with the characters so that there's a real entry into the story - that some…

— Jill McCorkle

Usually you tend to glean much more information about your character from what other people say about you, rather than how it's described in…

— Sean Bean

In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed.

— Gail Carson Levine

The relationship between reader and characters is very difficult. It is even more peculiar than the relationship between the writer and his characters.

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

I know the relationships, and I already know my characters and how I'm going to reveal my characters to my readers - how I'm…

— Janet Evanovich

A reader doesn't really see the characters in a story; he feels them.

— Cornelia Funke

All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have…

— Meg Cabot

To a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character.

— Michael Emerson

I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write them convincingly.

— Ruth Ozeki