Character Quote by Liv Morgan

I basically wanted to use the experiences I've gone through, the struggles of my childhood and kind of use the character that I was…

— Liv Morgan

I was always attracted to characters that were in some level of turmoil or suffering because I had so much of that in my…

— Natasha Gregson Wagner

I wanted to capture time through how food and I were getting along at any given moment. That necessitated writing some dark stuff, some…

— Kate Christensen

All I wanted to do was read, to be told stories. Stories were full of excitement and emotions and characters that entertained and often…

— Cynthia Voigt

You always want to put your character through different experiences and see how it shapes their worldview.

— Mary Wiseman

One of the reasons I began to write was because I wanted stories for my children where the characters spoke as they did and…

— Theresa Breslin

As a novelist, I mined my history, my family and my memory, but in a very specific way. Writing fiction, I never made use…

— Ayelet Waldman

You've lived and all the experiences that you've had in life inform the characters you play.

— Amanda Redman

I've always wanted to do characters that would help me find my connection with others and connect all of us together. You always want…

— Forest Whitaker

I try to write characters that are as real, emotionally and psychologically, as I can make them; I feel the same way about setting.…

— Lauren Oliver

In 'A Likely Story,' I wanted to recreate the events, the mood, and the imagery of my life as a teenager. I was thirty-seven…

— Rosemary Mahoney

I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.

— Aziz Ansari