Character Quote by Jessica Abel

I try to never repeat a character. I always try to find something new and fresh and interesting that inspires me.

— Martin Landau

I care very much about all of my characters, recurring or not. I try to imagine something about that person beyond his or her…

— Jason Lutes

We've been pretty successful over the years, not necessarily adding series regulars, but just bringing long-term recurring characters. In my opinion, it's sort of…

— Aaron Korsh

I think if you have a series for a long time, it's in some ways like being in a play with a long run…

— Fred Savage

I used to be surprised and a little annoyed when characters would reappear in my mind, itching to be in another story. Now I…

— Peter Orner

The way I write my shows, every character is its own organic thing. No character has a life at all until I see it…

— Shonda Rhimes

I strongly feel if you keep repeating the same kind of character, the audience also gets bored. And if you don't try new characters,…

— Bhumika Chawla

I take all my characters very seriously - the main, secondary, and supporting characters. Even if they only appear once, they still need to…

— Jaume Cabre

There are certainly times when my own everyday life seems to retreat so the life of the story can take me over. That is…

— Margaret Mahy

“Does character develop over time? In novels, of course it does:otherwise there wouldn't be much of a story. But in life? I sometimes wonder.…

— Julian Barnes

I'm character-driven. If it's a great character and something different; because I find that a lot of the times you do get pigeon-holed, you…

— A. J. Cook

Unlike life, you've got more or less complete control over what's going on in your stories. That's not to say you can make characters…

— Paul Kane