Quote by Rachel Ballon

“It is your character, and your character alone, that will make your life happy or unhappy.”

— John McCain

“Don't let yourself slip and get any perfect characters... keep them people, people, people, and don't let them get to be symbols.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“This is often the way we put together our lives, adding the striking qualities of others into our own character.”

— Renee Fleming

“It is said that there is a part of us in our characters. But I also believe there is a part of our characters…

— Lisa Wakely

“My characters tell me how they feel about other characters and events and they demand that I write it down for them.”

— Lindsay Marene Ordone

“Never compromise your character's personality just to make a scene more exciting. Stories flow through your character, so never forget who they are.”

— Giuseppe Bianco

“You carry people around with you in your character; all the people you have been close to have made you a little bit of…

— Sabine Durrant

“You know your characters are truly alive, when they start to write their own story and take you to places you didn't expect.”

— Joanne McDonnell

“True character is marked by the humbleness of one's heart.”

— Vanessa Marie Dewsbury

“When your spirit should have been crushed, you made yourself into a good person. And that takes the greatest courage of all. That is…

— Dan Rix

“Characters are the lifeblood of any good book.”

— Craig Hart

“Work on your character, let life fall into place.”

— Sonia Rumzi