Boss Quote by Roger Zelazny

I like straightforward names for my characters. When I get too symbolic with names or places, I start feeling like the characters and the…

— Tayari Jones

If my characters travel somewhere, I generally write about a place I know to give the scenes more authenticity.

— Sara Shepard

I've always set my stories in places I know well. It frees me up to spend more imaginative time on the characters if I'm…

— Kim Edwards

I hadn't really thought about this until 'The Lake of Dreams,' but I've set all my stories in places that are familiar to me.…

— Kim Edwards

It gives me great pleasure, a good name. I always in writing start with a name. Give me a name and it produces a…

— J. R. R. Tolkien

I love inventing names, but I also collect unusual names, so that I can look through my notebook and choose one that suits a…

— J. K. Rowling

What's really fun is to write under different names.

— Tom Verlaine

At the end of the day, only your hard work and talent can get you places, not your surname.

— Athiya Shetty

I write my story in my books, It show that your name filled in my books

— Anonymous

I collect names for characters. Names are valuable; they can be your first source of insight into a character.

— Spike Lee

It's really important to visit a site you are writing about. Even if you know it well, even if you have lived there, it's…

— Marge Piercy

The really good thing about my career is that I never went through a phase where I played characters who had names like "Partygoer,"…

— Rob Lowe