Character Quote by Michael Keaton

I try to be really, really specific, because each character is really an individual and you have to find out what makes them unique.

— Rachelle Lefevre

I try to distinguish my characters from each other.

— Lucy Liu

Characters I create are just mixtures of the people I know.

— Taika Waititi

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

— Aziz Ansari

All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

— Robert Holdstock

I like to explore characters who are very different to me, or varied parts are very similar to me.

— Gwendoline Christie

Each character represented a trait that resides in me.

— Chuck Jones

I identify in some measure with each of my characters.

— Amitava Kumar

An absolutely different and distinctive character.

— George Edmund Street

Some of my characters are a mixture of various aspects of people I have met. others are pure invention.

— Alexander McCall Smith

Sometimes minor characters are based on people I know, on friends of mine. But I'm not writing a thinly veiled version of my own…

— Cassandra Clare

Your character that you create in your writing not only represents who you are, but also represents a number of people who you've met…

— Grant Morrison