Character Quote by Peter Orner

Only two things happen to writers when they die: Either their work survives, or it becomes forgotten.

— Stephen King

You know, it's hard as a writer to lose characters (and actors) you like. You really don't want them to die because you're not…

— Michael Loceff

I'm fascinated by characters who are faced with big losses and have to put their lives back together again.

— Peter Heller

When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation.

— Jorge Luis Borges

Characters for me are born on page one and they die on page 100.

— Brady Corbet

The reason I never want a book to end is that I start to feel like the characters are my friends. I'll miss them…

— Miley Cyrus

I used to be surprised and a little annoyed when characters would reappear in my mind, itching to be in another story. Now I…

— Peter Orner

It's hard to know whether certain characters come to life or not, they either come to have their own life or they don't. I've…

— Neil Jordan

I hope the wonder of what happens to my characters never goes away. That yearning keeps me writing.

— Kimberly Willis Holt

As long as a character doesnt die, the character can always come back.

— Cote de Pablo

As long as a character doesn't die, the character can always come back.

— Cote de Pablo

My characters tend to be people who are looking back on a life lived, their joys, their regrets.

— Peter Orner