People Quote by Richard Bach

My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.

— S. E. Hinton

When you play a person who exists in real life, it is different than when you play fiction.

— Joanna Kulig

I discovered that there was no difference between playing a real-life character and a fictional one.

— Parvathy

If there's a role you're playing and there's a great deal of material to explore because the person was real then it's a completely…

— Emma Thompson

It's more difficult playing a real-life person than a fictional character - you can go easy on yourself with a fictional character.

— Christian McKay

All a writer's characters are imaginary, no matter whether they are based on real people or not. They are people as one imagines them…

— Allan Massie

You can have a very intense relationship with fictional characters because they are in your own head.

— Anonymous

Fictional characters are made of words, not flesh; they do not have free will, they do not exercise volition. They are easily born, and…

— John Banville

Every reader knows about the feeling that characters in books seem more real than real people.

— Cornelia Funke

I have realised just how important it is to readers to feel that fictional stories are based on reality.

— Nicole Krauss

One of the things that writing has taught me is that fiction has a life of its own. Fictional places are sometimes more real…

— Joanne Harris

Fiction is based on reality unless you're a fairytale artist.

— Hunter S. Thompson