Character Quote by Kiernan Shipka

Representation is necessary, and we all want to turn on the TV and see characters who look like us and represent us in some…

— Nafessa Williams

I feel that my characters all have some part of my character. I feel that they're all me in some way, certainly not in…

— Jack Kirby

It's much easier to conjure characters strictly from your imagination than to have to think about whether you're representing people in a truthful way.

— Lynn Nottage

All of my characters, I feel, have some essence of who I am in them.

— Gayle Rankin

I actually see myself in all my characters. In order to imagine what it feels like to be another person I have to use…

— Elizabeth Strout

With any character, you have to put part of yourself into it because we are the soul that brings that character to life.

— Madeline Brewer

I like to think I put some of myself in every character.

— Jill McCorkle

I always want the audience to identify with my character in some way. I mean, sometimes you'll get characters that aren't very identifiable. Sometimes…

— Liana Liberato

Every young person needs to have a character that they can identify with and feel included by.

— Alesha Dixon

I think one of the things you have to learn if you're going to create believable characters is never to make generalizations about groups…

— Mark Haddon

I feel blessed because not only my character is, but I, myself, can be a role model for people to show that is okay…

— Atticus Shaffer

I really, deeply believe in the primacy of character. I believe that my job as a writer is to put a believable human being…

— Ayana Mathis