Character Quote by John Gregory Dunne

A character is never the author who created him. It is quite likely, however, that an author may be all his characters simultaneously.

— Albert Camus

A fiction writer is never entirely alone. Her characters are constantly whispering in her ear.

— Cinda Williams Chima

Character, I think, is the single most important thing in fiction. You might read a book once for its interesting plot—but not twice.

— Diana Gabaldon

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In…

— Rachel Kushner

But isn't it true that an author can write only about himself?

— Milan Kundera

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In…

— Rachel Kushner

Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself.

— Dario Argento

All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

— Robert Holdstock

“They say a writer is not a single person, it is a bunch of characters. What I learned from life is that everyone is…

— Himanshu Chhabra

When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person.

— Daphne du Maurier

It is rare and almost impossible for a novel to have only one narrator.

— Mario Vargas Llosa

I believe that, like most writers, my personality comes through in the fiction. So in that respect my writing can't be like any other…

— Paul Kane