Character Quote by Jodi Picoult

I'm not one of these 'the characters write themselves; the story just fell out of me' kind of writers. Wish it was like that.

— Markus Zusak

I very much write from characters. Those people start speaking, and then I have them in the house with me and I live with…

— Wendy Wasserstein

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

You want to tell a great story. You want these characters to become part of people's lives. And then, hopefully, that generates discussion.

— Todd Lieberman

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that…

— Francine Rivers

I'm hopefully making the reader feel a lot about the characters and then about their own life.

— Jeffrey Eugenides

I'm about my characters.

— Abel Ferrara

I just write the characters the way I see them. And maybe that's because I'm surrounded by the most amazing men,from my father to…

— Gena Showalter

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

It's just wonderful to be able to write about what my characters are thinking.

— Ruth Jones

I think a lot of people relate to some of my characters' inner struggles.

— Edward Norton

Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. Its always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.

— Matthew Nable