Character Quote by Jennifer Beals

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

The writer's original perception of a character or characters may be as erroneous as the reader's.

— Stephen King

I don't always understand my characters. I write to understand them better.

— Dacia Maraini

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too…

— Jessica Cutler

So much of writing is about what characters don't say, and in the early drafts, sometimes things get overwritten.

— Peter Hedges

The reader has information about the characters that the characters themselves don't have. We all have our secret sides. Even I come to understand…

— Jaume Cabre

When I write, I try to become different characters.

— Billie Eilish

Writers shouldn't fall in love with their characters so much that they lose sight of what they're trying to accomplish. The idea is to…

— Stephen Coonts

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

— Cornelia Funke

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

Even though I think writers can sometimes thrive from being misread. It can give them something to push off of.

— Matthew Specktor

You've got to internalize the character. You've got to learn the words. These are separate things, but they work together.

— Robert Forster