Character Quote by Robin Hobb

I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.

— Flannery O'Connor

While the cast of characters stays the same, I always try to add in new information so readers get to know the people they…

— Jane Cleland

You want to feel that your reader does identify with the characters so that there's a real entry into the story - that some…

— Jill McCorkle

We have a writing process that's very much you try to create the character in a complicated way and then you let the story…

— Aaron Ehasz

When we approach characters, we don't have their full story in mind right off the bat. Through the writing process we raise questions about…

— Anna Boden

As a writer, you have to realize that people want to like the characters, so you have to be careful to keep them involved.

— Alexander McCall Smith

In books and in life, you need to read several pages before someone's true character is revealed.

— Gail Carson Levine

With the story of your life, you dont get to write the whole book, just your character.

— Olivia Munn

I know when I go and see a writer, the first thing I think to myself is, 'Are they the character in the book?'…

— Irvine Welsh

All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience.

— Robert Holdstock

I always feel that as the author, once I know what a character is ashamed of, then I can go about making her truthful…

— Joshua Mohr

You know, it's a funny thing about writers. Most people don't stop to think of books being written by people much like themselves. They…

— Cornelia Funke