Character Quote by Nicholas Sparks

Writers do draw inspiration from their own lives, which, quite frankly, might be more interesting than fiction.

— Monica Johnson

Not exactly but I get inspiration from stories which are unconventional.

— Anil Kapoor

I don't actually have a one wellspring of inspiration. Though I'm most often inspired while reading - both fiction and nonfiction.

— James Rollins

Most of my stories, if not all of them, have some basis in real life. That's the kind of fiction I'm most interested in.…

— Raymond Carver

I have many characters inspired from real life.

— Vivek Agnihotri

I believe any fiction writer is inspired by real life.

— Ravi Subramanian

I really like stories, so in a way it doesn't matter for me if they are real or fiction.

— Volker Bertelmann

The inspiration really comes first from the character and the story. That vision of what the story is, and what the character is, the…

— Keanu Reeves

I don't think about the stories so much, as the characters themselves. They live on, and they are almost as real as I am.

— Paul Auster

I've never been interested in watching or reading anything because it's the hero's story. I don't feel the need to be inspired by the…

— Gillian Flynn

So much of what I write in fiction is based on true stories.

— Mark Kurlansky

I believe that to create real-seeming characters, the writer must be willing to go on a voyage of self-exploration. It can be revealing and…

— Sara Paretsky