Life Quote by John Gardner

“The principle that characters do not want to change applies to more than just fiction.”

— Donald Miller

“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme.”

— John Hawkes

“Character is developed out of the choices that we make each day.”

— Sharlene Simone Alexander

“Setting is the soul of your story...Improve upon it, and it will take your writing to the next level.”

— Richard Ridley

“By mastering character and plot, you give your book a fighting chance and without character and plot, no book can survive.”

— Craig Hart

“all writers, given adequate technique—technique that communicates—can stir our interest in their special subject matter, since at heart all fiction treats, directly or indirectly,…

— John Gardner

“...required for good fiction: character, conflict, change through time. And if you're really blessed, you get resolution. But life doesn't usually work out that…

— Ted Conover

“The character drives the plot, and the plot molds the character’s arc. They cannot work independently.”

— K.M. Weiland

“A story is about a single moment in a character's life when a definitive choice is made, after which nothing is the same.”

— John L'Heureux

“Plot grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about two people…

— Anne Lamott

“I began to write fiction on the assumption that the true enemies of the novel were plot, character, setting and theme, and having once…

— John Hawkes