Arizona Quote by Mike Bove

“Good fiction is trawling back into the past and digging up the real characters who've influenced your entire being.”

— Ken Scott

“Characters are the lifeblood of any good book.”

— Craig Hart

“Characters, for good or evil, are part of an author's family. Once we have let them out of our imaginations, they stay with us…

— Andrew Ferrell

“The story can be great but the characters make the book”

— R.P. Heinz

“Everything in my novel is true, except the stuff I made up.”

— L.D.C. Fitzgerald

“If this were a novel, he might simply be a poorly written character. But there are no poorly written people. Only ones you don't…

— Jane Pek

“Odd people do good things. There are good and bad in all people and that’s why it’s worth appealing to the good in people.…

— Rufus Sewell

“A good character is not only about the good person people know you to be. Your ability to tell the truth about how bad…

— Israelmore Ayivor

“Read good books, and bad people.”

— TS Madison

“If you can’t be of good character, write a good character.”

— Rosen Trevithick

“There is no such thing as a bad book, I just like some books more than others…”

— Chris Geiger

“all good books are bad!”

— Elinor Ostrom