Admire Quote by Michael Connelly

I try to make my characters kind of ordinary, somebody that anybody could be. Because we've all had loves, perhaps love and loss, people…

— Maeve Binchy

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

I suppose it's possible that a writer would have feeling for his characters, but I can't see how, because writing is such a meticulous,…

— John Banville

I wish we could sometimes love the characters in real life as we love the characters in romances. There are a great many human…

— Anonymous

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

— Nicholas Sparks

In terms of the characters, I definitely do look for somebody that I think people can learn from and I can learn from too.…

— Emmy Rossum

If the character is really well-rounded, and it's a really strong character, and if the writing is just fantastic, that's the thing that will…

— Amanda Abbington

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 don't know who they are[my characters] . They're entirely invented characters. Maybe that's how I've been able to write so many books, because…

— T.C. Boyle

While I find inspiration in real life, the actual stories are, thankfully, works of fiction - which, given the considerable turmoil in my character's…

— Nicholas Sparks

I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.

— Terry McMillan

I have many characters inspired from real life.

— Vivek Agnihotri