Character Quote by Jessica Cutler

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

— Alexander McCall Smith

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

Don't let your characters tell you what to do. They can be pushy. Some writers say that they create characters and then just sort…

— Chelsea Cain

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

The great thing about writing is that you always put yourself in the shoes of the character. If you're doing it right, you can…

— Peter Gould

We have a writing process that's very much you try to create the character in a complicated way and then you let the story…

— Aaron Ehasz

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

— Willy Mason

If you have a great characters, you can always have your character do nothing or do something stupid, and people will still follow them,…

— Drew Magary

The way I write is really like putting one foot in front of the other. I really let the characters do most of the…

— Quentin Tarantino

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

But keep characters in propinquity long enough and a story will always develop a plot.

— Keith Miller

You can't really write until the characters kind of show up one day and tell you what they're going to say. You start to…

— Chris Terrio