Bigs Quote by Kenneth Lonergan

In real life, people are constantly saying one thing and doing another, but if you write your characters that way, the story becomes too…

— Jessica Cutler

I try not to push characters too close to myself because they get harder to write, but as a writer, you try to find…

— Tom King

The great thing about writing is that you always put yourself in the shoes of the character. If you're doing it right, you can…

— Peter Gould

My writing process often begins with a question. I write down ideas and let them stew for about a year. Then, when I sit…

— Cynthia Voigt

Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. Its always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.

— Matthew Nable

You don't have to always write about big stuff. Writing is about expressing yourself, you know? It can be about small stuff, too.

— Mick Jones

I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of…

— Richard Russo

Characters are so important to a story that they actually decide where the story is going. When I write, I know my characters. I…

— E. L. Konigsburg

There are definitely parts of me in most of the protagonists I write, but I find a bit of distance can be useful, so…

— John K. Samson

Exposing characters and their shortcomings gives me great comfort. It's always great to write about someone more mixed up than yourself.

— Matthew Nable

I like to write about characters who are conflicted.

— Jed Mercurio

In creative writing, I teach that characters arise out of our need for them.

— Marlon James