Character Quote by Miranda July

All characters come from people I know, but after the initial inspiration, I tend to modify the characters so they fit with the story.

— Nicholas Sparks

Inventing characters is extraordinary: proper authors say so often that characters 'just appear' and that does happen. These people keep leaping out and saying,…

— Sheila Hancock

I would love for people to think that I am as quick, clever, smart and heroic as the characters that I write, but those…

— Aaron Sorkin

I put a lot of myself into my characters when I write.

— Alison Tyler

Although I'm very lazy when it comes to writing, I'm not that lazy when it comes to thinking. I like to develop the plan…

— Jorge Luis Borges

I consider myself a writer. I don't favour any type of writing. I sometimes wish short stories came more easily to me.

— James Lasdun

We have a writing process that's very much you try to create the character in a complicated way and then you let the story…

— Aaron Ehasz

I write in character a lot.

— Mark Foster

When we approach characters, we don't have their full story in mind right off the bat. Through the writing process we raise questions about…

— Anna Boden

It's really a misconception to identify the writer with the main character, given that the author creates all the characters in the book. In…

— Rachel Kushner

As to my writing short pieces, there are two reasons I can give you. The first is my invincible laziness. The second is that…

— Jorge Luis Borges

Sometimes my characters are not myself.

— Umberto Eco