Believe Quote by Morgan Saylor

If it's a story that I feel is exciting and necessary, those are really motivating factors for me.

— Pauletta Pearson Washington

Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters. When readers start asking about character motivations…

— Alan Dean Foster

Characters are story. And any great plot or subplot is driven by the characters' wants and desires.

— Robert Gregory Browne

I try mainly to just focus on character and what my character's point of view is, with each person, and try to figure out…

— Katie Cassidy

Plot is very important to me, but I think my stories are stronger in character development.

— Tom Johnson

What's important is how the character drives the narrative.

— Tridha Choudhury

My stories are character driven.

— Terry McMillan

In my stories, I think, as I've gotten older, the characters have become stronger and more independent, and more capable of making unconventional decisions.

— Emily Giffin

Unlike other books or TV shows or sometimes life, my narrative worlds are stripped of implicit moral centers. There is only what you bring.…

— Chris Abani

There's something extremely rewarding about following characters that you like and knowing that there's as many hours of viewing as you have the appetite…

— Jamie Bamber

Before I start, I trick myself into thinking I know what's going to happen in the story, but the characters have ideas of their…

— Neal Shusterman

What I look for is identifying what the utility of a character is to the telling of the story overall. If I can identify…

— Harrison Ford