Character Quote by Paul Haggis

I want to have compassion for my characters - I feel like I am the characters when I'm writing them.

— Mike White

The literary world is filled with good and generous people. But then that's what writing is all about - empathy.

— Charles Bock

I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?'…

— Irvine Welsh

When you're a writer, there is a selflessness that has to happen; you have to have equity with how you treat each of the…

— Natasha Rothwell

I think empathy's a terrible danger for a writer.

— Richard Flanagan

I have a great deal of empathy for anyone who's having a hard time. I believe this ability to see another's viewpoint has served…

— Alex Flinn

You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.

— Laura Carmichael

When you're a writer, if you're very lucky, you create these characters that you fall in love with, and you feel like they're guiding…

— Janet Varney

Literature sucks you into another psyche. So the creation of empathy necessarily influences how you'll behave to other people.

— Barbara Kingsolver

“To be a decent writer you must have both empathy and imagination. While these attributes aid your art, they can plague your soul. You…

— M.J. Rose

if an author would have us feel a strong degree of compassion, his characters must not be too perfect.

— Anna Letitia Barbauld

Although I'm not particularly troubled myself, I do have a lot of empathy for troubled characters.

— Mia Wasikowska