Belong Quote by Johnny Galecki

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

I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do. I end up writing not…

— Akira Kurosawa

One of the reasons I never had a problem handing over my characters to other creators is that I knew that they would add…

— Jim Lee

I think all characters are facets of the writer. In a way, they have to be if you're going to write them convincingly.

— Ruth Ozeki

If you're not writing your own story, you're a character in someone else's.

— Chris Brogan

I own all the characters I created, thanks to the Writers Guild, so nobody can do anything without me. The way it works is:…

— Sherwood Schwartz

All of my characters are a little bit based on people I know in real life. You know when you do that you have…

— Meg Cabot

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

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

My publisher feels that my readers are loyal to the voice of my stories, the characters I'm creating.

— Jennifer Weiner

Never settle for being a character in someone else's story when you are meant to be the author of your own.

— Pacifiersucker

I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I've learned a lot of things about the…

— Ann Brashares