Characters Quote by Richard LaGravenese

The reason I never wrote a novel is that I don't have what it takes to write characters, so they would all be talking…

— Wim Wenders

All writers are mimics, and I'm not interested in picking up somebody else's style or voice.

— Thomas Perry

I can't write unless I've got the voice for a character.

— Noel Fielding

You can't really write until the characters kind of show up one day and tell you what they're going to say. You start to…

— Chris Terrio

Everyone has his own sound. I'm not going to presume how to tell anybody how to write.

— Elmore Leonard

If you want to be a writer, you have to learn to write in other people's voices until you get the chance to write…

— Nahnatchka Khan

When you write for a show that's not yours, your job is to hear the voices of the characters and write as best you…

— Amy Sherman-Palladino

I write in different styles because I hear different voices in my head. It would be boring to have always the same voice, point…

— Gore Vidal

I think all writers have a style, a particular voice and rhythm that you have to find.

— Sarah Lancashire

I think the only way you can become a writer is through honing your voice, creating your own voice.

— Megan McCafferty

If the writers all come from the same backgrounds, you are going to get the same sorts of characters. Get a broader variety of…

— Sophie Okonedo

It's usually easier for me to begin writing in a character's voice if that person is different from me in some significant way.

— Nell Freudenberger