Aspect Quote by S. E. Hinton

I write characters that are based on elements of people I know and experiences I've really had.

— Aziz Ansari

Every character I do is based on someone I know.

— Tracey Ullman

When I do a character, I try to base it on someone I have met or an experience I've had.

— Illeana Douglas

There are elements of myself in every character I do, just because you take from your real life experiences and sprinkle those into your…

— Edge

I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character.

— Robert Englund

I never base characters on real people - you can get into so much trouble that way!

— Michael Scott

I never base characters on real people. There are people who do that but I really don't know how to do it.

— Peter Carey

Creating characters is like throwing together ingredients for a recipe. I take characteristics I like and dislike in real people I know, or know…

— Cassandra Clare

Sometimes minor characters are based on people I know, on friends of mine. But I'm not writing a thinly veiled version of my own…

— Cassandra Clare

I don't write a whole lot about one person that exists in reality; it's usually characteristics of different people that I combine into a…

— Jason Isbell

My characters are fictional. I get ideas from real people, sometimes, but my characters always exist only in my head.

— S. E. Hinton

Some of my characters are a mixture of various aspects of people I have met. others are pure invention.

— Alexander McCall Smith