Care Quote by Patrick Rothfuss

Character, I think, is the single most important thing in fiction. You might read a book once for its interesting plot—but not twice.

— Diana Gabaldon

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

— Robert Gregory Browne

Good characters the reader cares about combined with an intriguing plot. Do those two and you've got it made.

— Bob Mayer

When it comes to a character, I make sure that it adds to the plot.

— Tamannaah

The characters are always the focal point of a book for me, whether I'm writing or reading. I may enjoy a book that has…

— Candace Camp

The character's attitude is more important than plot.

— Stephen J. Cannell

I care more, and I think readers do also, for characters in a state of transformation.

— Roger Zelazny

To a large extent, people's interest in the character is the mystery of the character.

— Michael Emerson

I suppose it's possible that a writer would have feeling for his characters, but I can't see how, because writing is such a meticulous,…

— John Banville

I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in…

— Jim Jarmusch

The characters are the plot. What they do and say and the things that happen to them are, in a sense, what the plot…

— Terry Pratchett

I like characters where there's something going on and something to make him real. If you find out what somebody cares about, all of…

— William Fichtner