Character Quote by Julianna Baggott

Characters are story. And any great plot or subplot is driven by the characters' wants and desires.

— Robert Gregory Browne

Character is the plot in many ways

— Junot Diaz

The characters are the plot. What they do and say and the things that happen to them are, in a sense, what the plot…

— Terry Pratchett

I shy away from plot structure that depends on the characters behaving in ways that are going to eventually be explained by their childhood,…

— Rachel Kushner

When I'm writing a script, I don't worry about plot as much as I do about people. I get to know the main characters…

— Mel Brooks

First comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot is simply…

— Robert Harris

I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character's point of view is, with each person, and try to figure out…

— Katie Cassidy

With any character, I try to focus more on who the character is and how they got to be who they are.

— Rachelle Lefevre

Sometimes, I have themes that interest me or that touch on larger issues but, really, I'm just trying to figure out the plot, or…

— Brian Selznick

The characters write the plot. Their natures do.

— Norman Rush

It's important to me that I need to know what my character is about.

— Sameera Reddy

“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