Am Quote by Mike White

I've always had a compassion for characters in novels - the sense that they are, whatever they might think, living in a world that…

— John Crowley

I'm very interested in compassion - compassion for oneself and others. I write about very complicated characters and experiences and try to do it…

— A.M. Homes

You have to have empathy, knowledge and compassion for your characters if you're a writer.

— Paul Haggis

I have a lot of compassion for human beings in life experiences, so I allow myself to feel what these characters are feeling and…

— Kimberly Elise

Part of me becomes the characters I'm writing about. I think readers feel like they are there, the way I am, as a result.

— Louis Sachar

I have to have a character worth caring about. I tend not to start writing books about people I don't have a lot of…

— Richard Russo

My characters are always utterly sympathetic to me.

— Donal Logue

When you're a writer, if you're very lucky, you create these characters that you fall in love with, and you feel like they're guiding…

— Janet Varney

Compassion is the belief that things might improve, and even when there's little, if anything, to sustain and engender that belief. It's the place…

— Jack Driscoll

I have a huge emotional attachment to characters I've created, especially the viewpoint characters.

— George R. R. Martin

My characters are always utterly sympathetic to me, if that makes any sense.

— Donal Logue

To act, no matter how the character is, you have to love and have compassion for the character you're playing.

— Marshall Allman