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I write from this tight third-person viewpoint, where each chapter is seen through the eyes of one individual character. When I'm writing that character,…

— George R. R. Martin

I focus on characters as individuals with attitudes and write each scene from a particular character's point of view. That way, even narrative passages…

— Elmore Leonard

Characterization requires a constant back-and-forth between the exterior events of the story and the inner life of the character.

— David Corbett

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

I find myself speaking through the other characters, putting ideas in their voices and heads. Writing almost becomes a splitting of myself into multiple…

— Danzy Senna

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

— Cornelia Funke

I've always kind of gravitated toward characters who are a bit distant from the narrator or the point-of-view characters, so that's kind of important…

— Noelle Stevenson

I’ve always thought a novelist only has one character and that is himself or herself.

— John Gregory Dunne

It's also possible to have two third person singular points of view, as represented by two characters through whose eyes the story is told…

— Arthur Herzog

An actor's only perception is of their character, and they're looking at one piece. A writer is looking at the entire story. They're going…

— Julie Plec

Taking on different characters and seeing things through the eyes of different people is interesting to me. When I look at what people are…

— Little Simz

In the writing phase, normally I try not to envisage any particular actors because I like to let the characters sort of reveal themselves…

— David Ayer