Character Quote by Nicholas Sparks

Characters I create are just mixtures of the people I know.

— Taika Waititi

I don't think of my characters as people I create, I think of them more as people I have met and whom I'm exploring…

— Lisa Unger

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

Every person has contributed to me as a human, but a lot of the characters I do are ones I created.

— Tracy Morgan

All my characters are like, weird people. Weird, un-self aware people.

— Lolly Adefope

My characters are based on people I know, but not in a direct way.

— MacKenzie Scott

My characters are usually composites. I wish I could pretend that I make up all of these characters, but no. I steal from people.…

— Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

I think people throughout the world identify with my characters.

— Sidney Sheldon

All of my characters tend to be montages of different people I've met: little bits and pieces of their personalities put together.

— Rick Riordan

There is a bit of myself in all the characters I play.

— Sanjeeda Sheikh

Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know…

— Cassandra Clare

Sometimes my characters are not myself.

— Umberto Eco