Big Quote by Kurt Vonnegut

It is not a character fault or weakness or seeking attention. It is somebody who is ill.

— Jerry Reed

Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character.

— Stephen Covey

When I'm writing flawed characters, I just think about my own flaws.

— Jacqueline Woodson

Our character is basically a composite of our habits.

— Stephen Covey

“I'm trying to figure out precisely which character flaw might be responsible for my latest life failure.”

— Koren Zailckas

Character is very much a matter of health.

— Christian Nestell Bovee

A writer has to be driven crazy to help him to see. A writer needs his poisons.

— Philip Roth

I don't think being flawed is a bad thing for a character... nor do I think it's a bad thing for a person in…

— Alison Brie

“An author has to fit into the skin of her characters, to imagine being trapped by unfortunate and sometimes violent circumstances she herself has…

— Loretta H. Marion

The biggest misconception is that I only write about shitty people. Or that I'm trying to be shocking. I just think people are super…

— Leslye Headland

“Character is more like a bundle of habits and tendencies and interests, loosely bound together and dependent, at certain times, on circumstance and context.…

— Malcolm Gladwell

Readers of novels often fall into the bad habit of being overly exacting about the characters' moral flaws. They apply to these fictional beings…

— Edmund White