Feel Quote by Jennifer Egan

I try to think what the character is thinking. Then, hopefully, I begin to feel it. I act and react not because I'm recalling…

— E. G. Marshall

If you directly try to write about an idea, it will never be what you imagined. But if you're imagining through the building of…

— Dana Spiotta

When I'm writing from a character's viewpoint, in essence I become that character; I share their thoughts, I see the world through their eyes…

— George R. R. Martin

As a storyteller, when you see somebody who is the character you envisioned, you feel this energy in the room.

— John Singleton

I get the impression from some people that unless they get direct access to characters' thoughts and realizations, either through thought balloons or narrations…

— Adrian Tomine

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

— Cornelia Funke

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

You have to be careful what you imagine, because the act of imagining is the act of encouraging yourself to be a certain kind…

— Margaret Drabble

We have to be able to use our imaginations to make the character's experiences real to us.

— Elizabeth Marvel

I try to use all of my senses when describing a setting, and try to think of everything that would impact a character in…

— Mercedes Lackey

I think it's very much a sort of inner feeling that you get when you figure out exactly what that character is thinking. And…

— Elisabeth Moss

I don't theorize too much. I sort of let the experience sink in, and I have to discover what the character is by doing…

— Jill Clayburgh