Character Quote by Robert Harris

“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

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

I always start with characters rather than with a plot, which many critics would say is very obvious from the lack of plot in…

— Jim Jarmusch

I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I dont believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.

— Lisa Unger

Characters are story. And any great plot or subplot is driven by the characters' wants and desires.

— Robert Gregory Browne

I definitely feel that plot flows from character. I don't believe that you can construct a plot and insert people into it.

— Lisa Unger

Character is the plot in many ways

— Junot Diaz

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

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

To me, it all comes down to things being character-driven. It's hard for me to look beyond that. CG and all this cool stuff…

— Billy West

Any plot you impose on your characters will be onomatopoetic: PLOT. I say don't worry about plot. Worry about the characters. Let what they…

— Anne Lamott

I shy away from plot structure that depends on the characters behaving in ways that are going to eventually be explained by their childhood,…

— Rachel Kushner