Wisdom Quote by Ka Hancock

“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

“Listen to those characters in your head...sit down and just write a good book.”

— Timothy Pina

“As far as my characters doing what I want them to, I'm afraid I'm not a real writer like the rest of you because…

— Jessie Chandler

“If they are good characters, they have minds of their owns. If they are great characters, they go stomping off into the sunset and…

— Wendi Kelly

“We never end up with the book we began writing. Characters twist it and turn it until they get the life that is perfect…

— C.K. Webb

“And don’t forget, if you are very intelligent but load yourself with bad characters, nobody will follow you.”

— Israelmore Ayivor

“When we read, we are spying on someone else’s imagination and inhabiting it; the authors and their characters are momentarily our friends, even if…

— Pamela Paul

“I intend all my characters must escape from impossible situations; if they are not in trouble, then as a writer, I am.”

— Cleveland W. Gibson

“For the writer, the risks are quite palpable and enduring. With each new character, each new setting, and each new plotline, something dark from…

— J.F. Juzwik

“The characters write the story … I just get to be the first one to read it!”

— Sam Bradley

“The good characters in my book are loosely based on folks I know. All the bad stuff is made up.”

— Mike Bove

“You know your characters are truly alive, when they start to write their own story and take you to places you didn't expect.”

— Joanne McDonnell