Attention Quote by Linwood Barclay

Sometimes a writer just needs a hook.

— John Rhys-Davies

Character design, like story design, requires a hook to grab the reader's attention.

— Ted Naifeh

I had a different agent after 'Hook,' and they were, like, 'We don't know where to go with you. It's like you've already gone…

— Dante Basco

A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.

— Taraji P. Henson

It's rewarding for me to have people know me as two very different characters. I think when you see people as one character, you…

— Matt McGorry

Writing, even though it's hard work, is really a joy when you get these characters to come alive. It's hard to trace where they…

— Robert Cormier

I don't have a very clear idea of who the characters are until they start talking.

— Joan Didion

Sometimes you meet characters at certain points in your life and have a connection with them.

— Jessie Buckley

Plot springs from character... I've always sort of believed that these people inside me- these characters- know who they are and what they're about…

— Anonymous

Most characters are composed of snippets here and there of people I've known, and all rolled into the character I've created. They do become…

— Nicholas Sparks

The established characters are easy to recall. I don't know why, but they come back to me instantly when I need them. It's the…

— Jim Cummings

Inventing characters is extraordinary: proper authors say so often that characters 'just appear' and that does happen. These people keep leaping out and saying,…

— Sheila Hancock