Character Quote by Michiel Huisman

I always plan the whole story in some detail, long before I start writing the actual thing. But even doing that, I find that…

— Raymond Buckland

You've gotta separate yourself from the character. It's hard... so it can make its way into your everyday life.

— Evan Peters

In every take, that you're not sure of what they're going to cut and paste together and what the arc or the purpose or…

— Shannyn Sossamon

I usually start with an ending, then outline high points of things that happen, and kind of make up the rest as I go…

— Julie Kagawa

There is a comfort zone of knowing where things are going and having characters in place, but the action gets more and more dramatic…

— Jerry B. Jenkins

Sometimes you have to go places with characters and emotions within yourself you don't want to do, but you have a duty to the…

— Hugh Jackman

It's really, always, the story and the characters that come first, and the other things are kind of dealt with in time or, in…

— Pete Docter

The goal is to have every character take on a life of his or her own. Sometimes characters will come into the story that…

— Francine Rivers

Whenever we've approached a story, it's always started with the character, and the idea of some character struggling with some part of himself. That's…

— Anna Boden

When something arrives, you have no idea what's in it, which is good. And then, it's is the story leaps off the page at…

— Tim Roth

I start with a character and a situation, but I don't know what's going to happen until I write it. Sometimes things happen that…

— Louis L'Amour

You immerse yourself in it until you are part of the story. That's the only way I know how to work.

— Robert Graysmith