Character Quote by Paul Auster

I don't ever really know where I get my characters from.

— Elizabeth Strout

Sometimes I aid into the confusion by having my character's name be my name.

— Mindy Kaling

Some writers, I'm told, look for their characters' surnames in telephone directories. I don't - it seems too obvious. Or too deliberate: if you…

— Sophie Hannah

I like straightforward names for my characters. When I get too symbolic with names or places, I start feeling like the characters and the…

— Tayari Jones

There's me in every character I put on the pages.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I would really like it if someone knows me more for a character that I've played. If they call out the character's name instead…

— Kriti Sanon

It always takes awhile to find out who the characters are.

— Rene Auberjonois

There’s an old writing rule that says ‘Don’t have two character names start with the same letter’, but I knew at the beginning that…

— George R. R. Martin

I don't want people to remember me by my name. I'd rather feel honored if people will remember me by my characters.

— Kiku Sharda

For the last six weeks I have found myself pestered by some characters in search of an author.

— Sylvia Townsend Warner

The characters that I create are parts of myself and I send them on little missions to find out what I don’t know yet.

— Gail Godwin

I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a…

— J. K. Rowling