Being real Quote by Matt de la Pena

It's your job to come up with compelling characters who speak to an individual authenticity. If I'm not interested in the characters, I can't…

— Nic Pizzolatto

The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has…

— Candace Camp

At the core, I try to write characters who are real people with real insecurities, fears, hopes, and dreams, which is why hopefully readers…

— Ally Carter

You want to feel that your reader does identify with the characters so that there's a real entry into the story - that some…

— Jill McCorkle

I think, above all, the characters in my novels feel universal to the readers.

— Nicholas Sparks

I like the characters that have some redeeming quality or if it's interesting to me in any way.

— Fred Willard

For me, the best characters are the ones that feel fully formed inside and out, so I try to have a very clear vision…

— Nick Kroll

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

— Nicholas Sparks

I've always kind of gravitated toward characters who are a bit distant from the narrator or the point-of-view characters, so that's kind of important…

— Noelle Stevenson

Also, as an author, character has always been what I'm most interested in - much more so than plot or setting, although those are…

— Lauren Myracle

I think even the characters that are fundamentally evil and wrong, I want people to really love them. I think that's important to writing…

— Mark Russell

I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I've learned a lot of things about the…

— Ann Brashares