Character Quote by Lela Loren

“Rather, in discussions of books we should cast characters not in terms of stable character traits, but in terms of internal states, feelings, intentions,…

— Peter H. Johnston

I think Lindsay Kemp really introduced me to the work of Jean Genet, and through that, I kind of kept re-educating myself about other…

— David Bowie

What characters do must grow out of who they are, and who they are is, in turn, influenced by what you make happen to…

— Nancy Kress

I love the novelist's freedom of going into different people's subjectivity and being able to work with them as characters.

— Elif Batuman

“Listen to the characters that you create. They have a lot to say and they’re smarter than you think.” — Christy King”

— Christy King

“I realise I'm behind on this but Rebekah Brooks was married to Ross Kemp of Gangs fame?! And she assaulted him? That explains so…

— Mandy Wiener

“Power has her ways. She acts on people, and people act on her.”

— Naomi Alderman

“this was a book about working out who you were. About identity, constant and threatened.”

— Lewis Carroll

I'm attracted to polarizing characters who upend the civility of life.

— Mike White

I found it extremely annoying when somebody would say something like "You seem to be influenced by Ken Nordine." And I didn't even know…

— Joe Frank

“Sometimes great power brings out the worst in us, and unfortunately, it isn't until people are given it that we see the true shades…

— Barbara Kloss

Tim Powers is a brilliant writer.

— William Gibson