Character Quote by Rachel Kushner

I try not to divide plot and character. I get to know a character by what they want and fear and how those internal…

— Julianna Baggott

First comes an idea. Then, characters begin to evolve out of the landscape of that idea. And then, finally, characters dominate: plot is simply…

— Robert Harris

I believe the most intricate plot won't matter much to readers if they don't care about the characters, especially in a series. So I…

— Jeff Abbott

With all the main characters that I write, it's always very important to me that they have good and bad aspects of their personality.…

— Jesmyn Ward

I think at some level, it's just alchemy that we, as writers, can't explain when we write the characters. I don't set out to…

— Rachel Caine

There is always going to be depth and layers to people and that's what interests me in a character: when there is some problem…

— Kalki Koechlin

Before I start, I trick myself into thinking I know what's going to happen in the story, but the characters have ideas of their…

— Neal Shusterman

I have been through and seen so many dramas and traumas and been in so many situations that I can probably interpret a few…

— James Arthur

Whenever we've approached a story, it's always started with the character, and the idea of some character struggling with some part of himself. That's…

— Anna Boden

When I'm writing a script, I don't worry about plot as much as I do about people. I get to know the main characters…

— Mel Brooks

Plot is just not my gift. I'm fascinated with complex characters, and that doesn't mix well with complex plots. And by the way, when…

— Taylor Sheridan

If you know your characters well enough, you aren't trying to grasp for storylines. You're really thinking about their flaws and their passions and…

— Felicia Day