Business Quote by Philip Pullman

Unlike other books or TV shows or sometimes life, my narrative worlds are stripped of implicit moral centers. There is only what you bring.…

— Chris Abani

Remember, if you don't feel passionate about the characters and subject of your story, your readers won't either.

— Meg Cabot

The truth is, everything ultimately comes down to the relationship between the reader and the writer and the characters. Does or does not a…

— Whitley Strieber

I'd like to think that what my style of writing is, is an attempt not so much to judge the characters that I'm writing…

— Doris Kearns Goodwin

I don't much believe in the idea of characters. I write with words, that is all. Whether those words are put in the mouth…

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

My publisher feels that my readers are loyal to the voice of my stories, the characters I'm creating.

— Jennifer Weiner

I try to be true to the characters that I've created and sometimes I disagree with them, but their opinions about the story and…

— Emily Giffin

You'll work hard to create characters that are compelling and unforgettable. But in the end, it's the story that matters.

— James Dashner

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

— Alexander McCall Smith

Some of my books sort of have a provocative take. Sometimes you find interesting things about characters that show they weren't necessarily the way…

— Nathaniel Philbrick

I think the business of writing a great deal of it is the business of paying attention to your characters, to the world they…

— Salman Rushdie

If you don't have a good character you have nothing. Character portrays the moral values of a person.

— Anurag Prakash Ray