Authenticity Quote by Nic Pizzolatto

I enjoy taking on complex, difficult characters and have always striven to capture the truth of those people, whether or not it's popular.

— Anna Gunn

The characters don't all have to be likable, and they don't all have to be hateable. As long as it's interesting and you connect…

— Aaron Ehasz

All that matters to me as a reader are characters. I want characters to be real, authentic, and rounded. I will be digging into…

— Matt de la Pena

Actually, I identify with all my characters, good and bad. I have to do that in order to make them genuine. I have to…

— Chinua Achebe

I know there are a lot of people who like to get very involved in their characters, but I, personally, find it too involved.…

— Henry Cavill

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

— Alexander McCall Smith

I try to create characters that I am fascinated by on some level or intrigued by or can't stand.

— Terry McMillan

I love to start characters in a place where you think you know them. We can make all kinds of assumptions about them and…

— Callie Khouri

I like the characters that have some redeeming quality or if it's interesting to me in any way.

— Fred Willard

I've always been attracted to the characters that I didn't know anything about. If you do anything in life with passion and love, then…

— Geoff Johns

Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

You want to feel that your reader does identify with the characters so that there's a real entry into the story - that some…

— Jill McCorkle