Character Quote by Robert Gregory Browne

The characters are the plot. What they do and say and the things that happen to them are, in a sense, what the plot…

— Terry Pratchett

All plot comes from the character's trying to get something, to achieve something, wanting, desiring, longing.

— Robert Olen Butler

Character is the plot in many ways

— Junot Diaz

The characters write the plot. Their natures do.

— Norman Rush

Plots are artificial. Does your life have a plot? It has characters. There is a narrative. There's a lot of story, a lot of…

— Richard Linklater

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

I'm probably more character-driven than plot-driven. It's rare for me to attach myself to an idea for a story.

— Steven Soderbergh

Storylines are how characters create the plots involved in their stories.

— Chelsea Quinn Yarbro

“Plot grows out of character. If you focus on who the people in your story are, if you sit and write about two people…

— Anne Lamott

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

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

Character is half the reason we read. We're excited because of the plot, but we care because of the characters.

— Patrick Rothfuss